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 128
... Prince . The Jacobites won another victory over the government forces under General Hawley at Falkirk , on 17 January 1746 , but they were decisively defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at Culloden , near Inverness , on 16 April . The Prince ...
... Prince . The Jacobites won another victory over the government forces under General Hawley at Falkirk , on 17 January 1746 , but they were decisively defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at Culloden , near Inverness , on 16 April . The Prince ...
Pagina 179
... Prince was still alive when Boswell wrote , surviving as an elderly drunkard who had alienated most of his supporters and embarrassed all of them . But after his death early in 1788 he was immediately resurrected as ' Bonnie Prince ...
... Prince was still alive when Boswell wrote , surviving as an elderly drunkard who had alienated most of his supporters and embarrassed all of them . But after his death early in 1788 he was immediately resurrected as ' Bonnie Prince ...
Pagina 183
... Prince Charles Edward's fugitive wanderings ] in this most beautiful country , which I am proud to call my own , where there was such devoted loyalty to the family of my ancestors - for Stuart blood is in my veins , and I am now their ...
... Prince Charles Edward's fugitive wanderings ] in this most beautiful country , which I am proud to call my own , where there was such devoted loyalty to the family of my ancestors - for Stuart blood is in my veins , and I am now their ...
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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