Wigtown Martyrs

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:applicationDate May 30, 1685
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:Margaret_McLachlan
gptkb:Margaret_Wilson
gptkbp:celebrates memorial services
memorials_in_Scotland
gptkbp:community_engagement outrage and sympathy
gptkbp:community_impact increased_support_for_Covenanters
gptkbp:context Covenanter movement
gptkbp:court gptkb:Scottish_government
Wigtown
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced_Scottish_nationalism
gptkbp:cultural_significance part_of_Scottish_identity
gptkbp:culturalSignificance depicted in art
featured in documentaries
gptkbp:date 1685
gptkbp:governs gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkbp:historical_analysis studied by historians
ongoing scholarly interest
examined in religious studies
gptkbp:historical_figure symbol of resistance against oppression
Margaret_Wilson_and_Margaret_McLachlan
gptkbp:historical_significance example of civil disobedience
example of martyrdom
highlighted in educational curricula
varied perspectives on martyrdom
gptkbp:historicalContext 17th century Scotland
political turmoil in 17th century Scotland
religious_conflict_in_Scotland
gptkbp:historicalEvent part of the broader Covenanter struggle
part_of_the_Scottish_Reformation_history
part_of_the_broader_context_of_the_Killing_Times.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod eyewitness accounts
gptkbp:historicalRecords remembered in local lore
told in various forms
part_of_Scottish_history
gptkbp:historicalSignificance preserved in archives
records of trials
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wigtown Martyrs
gptkbp:impact inspiration for religious dissenters
gptkbp:influence inspired writers
gptkbp:judges local townspeople
gptkbp:legacy symbol of faith and resistance
remembrance_in_Scottish_culture
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wigtown,_Scotland
gptkbp:notable_event held annually
gptkbp:relatedEvent Killing_Times
gptkbp:religion Presbyterianism
gptkbp:significance religious persecution
gptkbp:technique execution by drowning
gptkbp:wrote subject of poems and songs
gptkbp:year 1685