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 54
... remained by the third occasion , for they vented their disappointment by murdering sixty- eight monks . This massacre decided Cellach the abbot to leave the island ; the following year he began to build a new monastery for his community ...
... remained by the third occasion , for they vented their disappointment by murdering sixty- eight monks . This massacre decided Cellach the abbot to leave the island ; the following year he began to build a new monastery for his community ...
Pagina 79
... remained Edward III's prisoner for eleven years . His long absence from Scotland allowed John of Islay renewed scope for self - aggrandizement . In 1337 John had married Amie , daughter of Roderick MacRuari , who on the death of her ...
... remained Edward III's prisoner for eleven years . His long absence from Scotland allowed John of Islay renewed scope for self - aggrandizement . In 1337 John had married Amie , daughter of Roderick MacRuari , who on the death of her ...
Pagina 94
... remained a general term for the descendants of Somerled's grandson Donald . The various branches of this clan remained vassals of the Lord of the Isles but after the fall of the Lordship they evolved into autonomous clans . These clans ...
... remained a general term for the descendants of Somerled's grandson Donald . The various branches of this clan remained vassals of the Lord of the Isles but after the fall of the Lordship they evolved into autonomous clans . These clans ...
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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