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 76
... England , who had been the brother - in - law of Alexander III . * Edward I demanded as a preliminary that the competitors should acknowledge him as their overlord , which seemed a reasonable demand , if only to ensure their acceptance ...
... England , who had been the brother - in - law of Alexander III . * Edward I demanded as a preliminary that the competitors should acknowledge him as their overlord , which seemed a reasonable demand , if only to ensure their acceptance ...
Pagina 123
... England which they had envisaged . While they assisted in the defeat of Charles I at Marston Moor in 1644 and at Naseby in 1645 , it was the English Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell which gained the kudos for defeating him ...
... England which they had envisaged . While they assisted in the defeat of Charles I at Marston Moor in 1644 and at Naseby in 1645 , it was the English Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell which gained the kudos for defeating him ...
Pagina 231
... England , King , 103 , 105 , 106-7 , 108-9 , 110-11 , 120 , 121 , 136 , 164 , 190 James VII of Scotland and James II of England , King , 125 , 126 , 137 , 138 , 139 James VIII of Scotland and James III of England , ( ' Old Pretender ...
... England , King , 103 , 105 , 106-7 , 108-9 , 110-11 , 120 , 121 , 136 , 164 , 190 James VII of Scotland and James II of England , King , 125 , 126 , 137 , 138 , 139 James VIII of Scotland and James III of England , ( ' Old Pretender ...
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Illustrations | 9 |
Picts and Scots | 35 |
Gael Norse and Norman | 52 |
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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