Dr Allan Kennedy, History Scotland's consultant editor, presents five guides to landmark moments in the history of 17th-century Scotland:

• The killing time: a look at the anti-presbyterian persecution of the reign of Charles II
• The five articles of Perth: the controversial religious reforms initiated by James VI that participated one of the 17th century's most serious political crises
• The Gowrie conspiracy: an exploration of an alleged plot to assassinate James VI that has fascinated historians for centuries
• The 1690s famine: the devastating famine that ravaged Scotland in the 1690s, interpreted by some as divine punishment for the overthrow of James VII
• The storming of Dundee: a look at the capture of Dundee by English troops in 1651

n.b. These ten-minute guides were originally published in separate issues of History Scotland between 2020 and 2021.