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 20
... late nineteenth century . But hunters and gatherers did not stay long in one place ; they followed the movements of animals and the seasonal availability of plants . Sometimes , on the shoreline , they might find a stranded whale to ...
... late nineteenth century . But hunters and gatherers did not stay long in one place ; they followed the movements of animals and the seasonal availability of plants . Sometimes , on the shoreline , they might find a stranded whale to ...
Pagina 153
... late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries often wore a course plaid of plain brown and white chequer ' , which would have been woven of undyed wool . Towards the end of the nineteenth century drovers were described as ' dressed ...
... late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries often wore a course plaid of plain brown and white chequer ' , which would have been woven of undyed wool . Towards the end of the nineteenth century drovers were described as ' dressed ...
Pagina 196
... late Victorian and Edwardian periods . Up to the 1890s the sportsmen walked up the game , preceded by their pointers or setters , and shot over the dogs . If ladies were present at the shoot they usually followed on ponies . With the ...
... late Victorian and Edwardian periods . Up to the 1890s the sportsmen walked up the game , preceded by their pointers or setters , and shot over the dogs . If ladies were present at the shoot they usually followed on ponies . With the ...
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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