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 143
... regiment of foot . In 1740 they duly became the 43rd regiment of the line ( later renumbered as the 42nd ) , always known as the Black Watch . In 1743 they were marched to London , where they mutinied at the rumour that they were to be ...
... regiment of foot . In 1740 they duly became the 43rd regiment of the line ( later renumbered as the 42nd ) , always known as the Black Watch . In 1743 they were marched to London , where they mutinied at the rumour that they were to be ...
Pagina 170
... Regiments in America were offered land grants , and they too settled there . By 1775 there were some 12,000 Highlanders in North Carolina , who formed a Highland colony , speaking Gaelic and wearing Highland dress . In 1771 , after a ...
... Regiments in America were offered land grants , and they too settled there . By 1775 there were some 12,000 Highlanders in North Carolina , who formed a Highland colony , speaking Gaelic and wearing Highland dress . In 1771 , after a ...
Pagina 222
... Regiments , 1820–1920 ( John Donald , 1989 ) HESKETH , CHRISTIAN , Tartans ( Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 1961 , second impression , 1970 ) HOBSBAWM , ERIC , AND RANGER , TERENCE ( EDS . ) , The Invention of Tradition ( Cambridge ...
... Regiments , 1820–1920 ( John Donald , 1989 ) HESKETH , CHRISTIAN , Tartans ( Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 1961 , second impression , 1970 ) HOBSBAWM , ERIC , AND RANGER , TERENCE ( EDS . ) , The Invention of Tradition ( Cambridge ...
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Illustrations | 9 |
Picts and Scots | 35 |
Gael Norse and Norman | 52 |
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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