Scotland's Story: A New PerspectiveCollins, 1984 - 358 pagini Fighting endless hardship, at war with the English for the greater part of their history and, in their diversity, often warring amongst themselves, the Scottish people have given the world an enormous wealth of creativity and inventive genius out of all proportion to their numbers. This reveals the Scots as they are, and how they have become so: one of the smallest but most influential countries in the world. |
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... Scotland were forbidden to leave the country without Edward's consent . The official records of Scotland were confiscated and burnt or else taken to London . The Stone of Scone , Scotland's symbolic Coronation Stone , was taken to ...
... Scotland were forbidden to leave the country without Edward's consent . The official records of Scotland were confiscated and burnt or else taken to London . The Stone of Scone , Scotland's symbolic Coronation Stone , was taken to ...
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... Scotland were the freeholders ; but an act of the old Scottish parliament made for widespread electoral corruption in Scotland's counties . In 1681 , the Estates had granted the right to vote in Scotland to those with property valued at ...
... Scotland were the freeholders ; but an act of the old Scottish parliament made for widespread electoral corruption in Scotland's counties . In 1681 , the Estates had granted the right to vote in Scotland to those with property valued at ...
Pagina 317
... Scotland was better off than many parts of England . But as late as 1938 , Elliot wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer : There is not south of the Border a general state of affairs so unsatisfac- tory as we find all over Scotland ...
... Scotland was better off than many parts of England . But as late as 1938 , Elliot wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer : There is not south of the Border a general state of affairs so unsatisfac- tory as we find all over Scotland ...
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Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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