Beyond the Highland Line: Highland History and CultureConstable, 1991 - 236 pagini An historical and cultural guide to the Scottish Highlands, embracing the early Pictish inhabitants up to the present day. The author examines such topics as the history of the clans, depopulation and emigration, the tourist trade, and highland ecology. |
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Pagina 105
... Argyll was appointed his Lieutenant in the Isles and in 1501 the third Earl of Huntly received a similar commission for the North . These two noblemen survived until 1529 and 1524 respectively , holding their commissions throughout the ...
... Argyll was appointed his Lieutenant in the Isles and in 1501 the third Earl of Huntly received a similar commission for the North . These two noblemen survived until 1529 and 1524 respectively , holding their commissions throughout the ...
Pagina 127
... Argyll fought an indecisive battle at Sheriffmuir , near Stirling , which both sides claimed as a victory . Argyll suffered the heavier casualties but Mar withdrew northward , leaving Argyll in possession of the field , so that ...
... Argyll fought an indecisive battle at Sheriffmuir , near Stirling , which both sides claimed as a victory . Argyll suffered the heavier casualties but Mar withdrew northward , leaving Argyll in possession of the field , so that ...
Pagina 227
... Argyll , second Duke of , 127 , 165 , 166 Argyll , third Duke of , 144 Argyll , fifth Duke of , 166n , 169 Argyll , sixth Duke of , 169 Argyll , eighth Duke of , 189 Argyll , Colin Campbell , Earl of , 101 Argyll , third Earl of , 105 ...
... Argyll , second Duke of , 127 , 165 , 166 Argyll , third Duke of , 144 Argyll , fifth Duke of , 166n , 169 Argyll , sixth Duke of , 169 Argyll , eighth Duke of , 189 Argyll , Colin Campbell , Earl of , 101 Argyll , third Earl of , 105 ...
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Illustrations | 9 |
Picts and Scots | 35 |
Gael Norse and Norman | 52 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Alasdair Alasdair MacColla Alexander ancient Angus Óg Argyll army Balliol battle became best-dressed Highlander Bishop Caledonians Campbell cattle Celtic Celts chiefs Christian Church Clan Donald clansmen crofters crown Dalriada David defeated descendants drovers Duke Earl earldom Edinburgh eighteenth century England English feudal followed Gaelic Gaels Glen Gordon Gordon Donaldson Grant and Cheape Hebrides Highland dress Highland Line Highland regiments Highlands and Islands History I.F. Grant Ibid Inverness Iona Ireland Irish Islay Jacobite Jacobite Rising James VI James VII John kilt kindred King of Scots kingdom Kintyre land later Loch Lord Lordship Lowland MacDonald MacGregor MacKenzies MacPherson Malcolm Malcolm MacHeth Mór Moray nineteenth century Norse Orkney Ossian Pictish Picts plaid poem possession Prince Charles Edward Queen Roman Ross royal Scotland Scottish sheep Skye society Somerled Statutes of Iona Stewart stone Stuart survived Sutherland symbols tartan tenants tradition victory warriors Western Isles