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 36
... language in tribal names , personal names , place names and inscrip- tions , and concluded that the Picts spoke a form of P - Celtic akin to , but not the same as , the language of the southern Britons , and also similar to that of the ...
... language in tribal names , personal names , place names and inscrip- tions , and concluded that the Picts spoke a form of P - Celtic akin to , but not the same as , the language of the southern Britons , and also similar to that of the ...
Pagina 37
... language as an ancient and perhaps a sacred tongue , and used it for monumental purposes , as Latin is still used on war memorials and tombstones in the late twentieth century . But all languages die at last , and though people still ...
... language as an ancient and perhaps a sacred tongue , and used it for monumental purposes , as Latin is still used on war memorials and tombstones in the late twentieth century . But all languages die at last , and though people still ...
Pagina 190
... language itself . James VI's Statutes of Iona ( 1609 ) had initiated a Government policy of eliminating the Gaelic language in the interests of national unity . From that date onwards the policy was systematically pursued and a series ...
... language itself . James VI's Statutes of Iona ( 1609 ) had initiated a Government policy of eliminating the Gaelic language in the interests of national unity . From that date onwards the policy was systematically pursued and a series ...
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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