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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... Picts is whether or not they were Celts . A Celtic people is identifiable by its language , and in this the name ' Picts ' is no help because it is not what the tribes called themselves . The Latin word ' Picti ' meaning ' painted men ...
... Picts is whether or not they were Celts . A Celtic people is identifiable by its language , and in this the name ' Picts ' is no help because it is not what the tribes called themselves . The Latin word ' Picti ' meaning ' painted men ...
Pagina 38
... Picts . A more likely explanation is that the kings in question were imposed on the Picts when the neighbouring kingdoms were strong enough to exert their power . Talorgen son of Eanfrith a Northumbrian prince ( deposed 657 ) and Bridei ...
... Picts . A more likely explanation is that the kings in question were imposed on the Picts when the neighbouring kingdoms were strong enough to exert their power . Talorgen son of Eanfrith a Northumbrian prince ( deposed 657 ) and Bridei ...
Pagina 50
... Picts . The first Scottish king to rule over both Picts and Scots appears to have been Constantine son of Fergus , of the Cenel nGabráin ( d . 820 ) , who appears in the Pictish king list as Castantin son of Uurguist . He was succeeded ...
... Picts . The first Scottish king to rule over both Picts and Scots appears to have been Constantine son of Fergus , of the Cenel nGabráin ( d . 820 ) , who appears in the Pictish king list as Castantin son of Uurguist . He was succeeded ...
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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