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 39
... Christian monuments . The Christian Pictish sculptures were in low relief instead of being incised , and were carved on stones dressed in the form of rectangular slabs . On one side of the slab was a cross , usually of interlace pattern ...
... Christian monuments . The Christian Pictish sculptures were in low relief instead of being incised , and were carved on stones dressed in the form of rectangular slabs . On one side of the slab was a cross , usually of interlace pattern ...
Pagina 44
... Christian ethic a difficult contrast to the heroic ideals of pagan society . One of the poems attributed to Ossian collected by the Dean of Lismore consists of a dialogue between Ossian , who has converted to Christianity in old age ...
... Christian ethic a difficult contrast to the heroic ideals of pagan society . One of the poems attributed to Ossian collected by the Dean of Lismore consists of a dialogue between Ossian , who has converted to Christianity in old age ...
Pagina 45
... Christian sense , for it preceded the harvest : as the date implies , it was a rite designed to propitiate the god , which if correctly performed would ensure plenty . The idea of offering thanksgiving for a good harvest was a Christian ...
... Christian sense , for it preceded the harvest : as the date implies , it was a rite designed to propitiate the god , which if correctly performed would ensure plenty . The idea of offering thanksgiving for a good harvest was a Christian ...
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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