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 69
... royal house itself became less Celtic : Malcolm IV and William the Lion , Alexander II and Alexander III were all the sons of Norman or French mothers . It might have appeared that the kings of Scots were turning away from their Celtic ...
... royal house itself became less Celtic : Malcolm IV and William the Lion , Alexander II and Alexander III were all the sons of Norman or French mothers . It might have appeared that the kings of Scots were turning away from their Celtic ...
Pagina 82
... royal castles . The Lord of the Isles was imprisoned for a time at Perth but he escaped and burned Inverness to avenge his wrongs . He was defeated in battle by the royal forces , recaptured and forced to make a humiliating act of ...
... royal castles . The Lord of the Isles was imprisoned for a time at Perth but he escaped and burned Inverness to avenge his wrongs . He was defeated in battle by the royal forces , recaptured and forced to make a humiliating act of ...
Pagina 183
... Royal Academy a picture entitled Royal Sports on Hill and Loch , a highly theatrical scene which shows Queen Victoria being handed ashore by a kilted Prince Albert , after a boat trip on Loch Muich . The tartan rug spread over the ...
... Royal Academy a picture entitled Royal Sports on Hill and Loch , a highly theatrical scene which shows Queen Victoria being handed ashore by a kilted Prince Albert , after a boat trip on Loch Muich . The tartan rug spread over 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