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Defending the Crown – Armies & Enemies of the Later Stuart Monarch
Saturday, 21st September, 9:30AM to 4PM, the National Army Museum Chelsea, London
Tickets are £20.00 GBP, to include drinks on arrival
Helion and Company are proud to announce the fifth Century of the Soldier conference. This year's conference is being held at the National Army Museum, London, and is being generously supported by the British Commission for Military History and the Pike and Shot Society.
This conference will be dedicated to the armies of the late 17th Century.
The six papers confirmed so far are:
- For each check in their tartan, a foe's head will be severed' – Highland dress and tartan in the Stuart armies in the risings of 1689 and 1715.
- Defending the Dominion: James VII II's Army in New England
- A Scottish army? From the restoration to the revolution of 1688
- The logistics of rebellion, Sedgemoor 1685
- Out with the old and in with the new – the transition of the English army from James II to William III
- For suppressing any foreign invasion, intestine trouble or insurrection. – Fortress Design in Scotland
