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 60
... claim was strengthened by his marriage to Gruoch , who is thought to have been the granddaughter of Kenneth III . By ... claim to the throne with an eye to the future claim of her own son . On Duncan's accession Thorfinn of Orkney ...
... claim was strengthened by his marriage to Gruoch , who is thought to have been the granddaughter of Kenneth III . By ... claim to the throne with an eye to the future claim of her own son . On Duncan's accession Thorfinn of Orkney ...
Pagina 82
Highland History and Culture Caroline Bingham. did not withdraw his wife's claim to the earldom of Ross . It has been speculated that had the battle been a victory for the Lord of the Isles , he might have gone on to claim the throne of ...
Highland History and Culture Caroline Bingham. did not withdraw his wife's claim to the earldom of Ross . It has been speculated that had the battle been a victory for the Lord of the Isles , he might have gone on to claim the throne of ...
Pagina 95
... claim to descent from a remote ancestor ( in their instance Godfrey mac Fergus of the Airgialla ) could be genuine . Such a claim was frequently extended through a traditional but non - verifiable genealogy to an even more remote ...
... claim to descent from a remote ancestor ( in their instance Godfrey mac Fergus of the Airgialla ) could be genuine . Such a claim was frequently extended through a traditional but non - verifiable genealogy to an even more remote ...
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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