Tuesday 28th April 5.30pm – Lecture Theatre UHI Orkney, Kirkwall
Public Seminar: Did Nobody Die? Rousay and Egilsay Kirk Sessions, 1733 – 1747 by Lynn Campbell
This talk will be presented in the Lecture Theatre at UHI Orkney, Kirkwall and will also be available to view online through Microsoft Teams.
Please register for the event by clicking on the link below if you are attending online and you will be sent a joining link. No need to register if you are attending in person at UHI Orkney.
Kirk session records provide invaluable insights into parish life, offering a lens through which we can investigate the lives of the general population.
The focus of the talk will be on the islands of Rousay, Egilsay, and Wyre during the early-mid eighteenth century. The kirk session records reveal how religious and social authorities managed poverty and morality, as well as how gender dynamics shaped parish governance and support systems.
Preliminary findings from this study underscore the wealth of evidence contained within these records and the potential for such investigations to deepen our understanding of parish life in Orkney at this time. By examining different Orkney parishes in detail, this research not only highlights the distinctive features of Rousay and Egilsay but also raises broader questions about regional variation and shared practices in Orkney during this period.
This seminar is open to the public and is in partnership between Orkney Heritage Society and UHI / Institute for Northern Studies. For more detail, see the event page on UHI website.
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