Session 1: Scottish Church History

Session 1 of Belief, Burial, Tombs & Tourists: the past and future of Greyfriars Kirkyard.

Greyfriars Kirkyard is famous worldwide for the lasting impressions it makes on researchers and visitors alike. This conference celebrated the role of Greyfriars in shaping Scottish history, religion and architecture and shone a light on the site's value to visitors today.

Through a wide-ranging programme, the kirkyard’s past, present and future was explored by leading academics, community researchers and heritage professionals.

This conference was delivered as part of the Making Lasting Impressions: Greyfriars Kirkyard Community Learning and Interpretation Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage fund, which takes a co-ordinated approach to balancing enjoyment of the graveyard as a well-loved community resource and greenspace, as well as a visitor attraction.

This event originally aired on 26 June 2021.

Speakers featured in this session are:

The Defeated, The Covenanters' Prison and The Banished
Dr Mark Jardine, Historian, Blogger and Television Researcher

'Halt Passengers take head what thou dost see": Scottish Covenanter commemoration, Greyfriars, and its echoes today
Dr Dolly Mackinnon, Honorary Associate Professor The University of Queensland.

Greyfriars and the Progressive Presbyterian Vision, c. 1760-1910: the ministries of William Robertson, Robert Lee, and John Glasse
Professor Stewart J Brown, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh

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