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 27
... become fused or vitrified . The most likely explanation of the vitrification is that the forts were fired by their inhabitants ' enemies , for the timber - laced walls would catch fire all too easily . But the forts may have been burned ...
... become fused or vitrified . The most likely explanation of the vitrification is that the forts were fired by their inhabitants ' enemies , for the timber - laced walls would catch fire all too easily . But the forts may have been burned ...
Pagina 96
... become chieftains of septs they remained the daoine uasile ( the gentry of the clan ) , its military leaders in time of war , and the chief's advisers in time of peace . With the passage of time their status changed to their ...
... become chieftains of septs they remained the daoine uasile ( the gentry of the clan ) , its military leaders in time of war , and the chief's advisers in time of peace . With the passage of time their status changed to their ...
Pagina 168
... become prosperous through new means of livelihood . The Staffords ' abhorred the many examples of wholesale ... become industrious . Fishing stations at Helmsdale , Brora and Port Gower were intended to become new centres of coastal ...
... become prosperous through new means of livelihood . The Staffords ' abhorred the many examples of wholesale ... become industrious . Fishing stations at Helmsdale , Brora and Port Gower were intended to become new centres of coastal ...
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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