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 48
... lived south of the Mounth - had been undertaken at the beginning of the sixth century by St Ninian of Whithorn and his successors , though whether the effects of this mission had been lasting is uncertain . Ninian , according to Bede ...
... lived south of the Mounth - had been undertaken at the beginning of the sixth century by St Ninian of Whithorn and his successors , though whether the effects of this mission had been lasting is uncertain . Ninian , according to Bede ...
Pagina 146
... lived to woeful days , ' said an old Argyllshire chieftain in 1788 , whose words were reported by Sir Walter Scott , ' when I was young the only question asked concerning a man's rank was how many men lived on his estate ; then it came ...
... lived to woeful days , ' said an old Argyllshire chieftain in 1788 , whose words were reported by Sir Walter Scott , ' when I was young the only question asked concerning a man's rank was how many men lived on his estate ; then it came ...
Pagina 156
... lived in one in the late fifteenth century must have had a substantial dwelling in which to entertain his clansmen and the bard who honoured him . As late as 1728 the minister of Carron , Easter Ross , lived in a coupled house 100 feet ...
... lived in one in the late fifteenth century must have had a substantial dwelling in which to entertain his clansmen and the bard who honoured him . As late as 1728 the minister of Carron , Easter Ross , lived in a coupled house 100 feet ...
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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