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 15
... Northern Isles , which lie beyond the north coast of Caithness . The Northern Isles consist of two archipelagos , Orkney and Shetland , and in each instance the largest island of the group is called the Mainland . Orkney is separated ...
... Northern Isles , which lie beyond the north coast of Caithness . The Northern Isles consist of two archipelagos , Orkney and Shetland , and in each instance the largest island of the group is called the Mainland . Orkney is separated ...
Pagina 35
... northern England formed themselves into little kingdoms . In the south - west of Scotland the kingdom of Strathclyde stretched as far as the head of Loch Lomond , and its capital was Dumbarton ( which means ' Dun of the Britons ...
... northern England formed themselves into little kingdoms . In the south - west of Scotland the kingdom of Strathclyde stretched as far as the head of Loch Lomond , and its capital was Dumbarton ( which means ' Dun of the Britons ...
Pagina 57
... Northern Isles spread on to the Scottish mainland , the northern counties of which had composed the Pictish province of Cait . From the Norse viewpoint this area was Sudrland , the south country , and Katanes , the promontory of Cait ...
... Northern Isles spread on to the Scottish mainland , the northern counties of which had composed the Pictish province of Cait . From the Norse viewpoint this area was Sudrland , the south country , and Katanes , the promontory of Cait ...
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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