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. |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 3 din 60
Pagina 18
... built forts like that at Finavon , near Forfar , which could shelter 400 people in an attack . Around 2500 years ago , some of Scotland's people lived in crannogs , timber - framed buildings built in lochs , weighed down with branches ...
... built forts like that at Finavon , near Forfar , which could shelter 400 people in an attack . Around 2500 years ago , some of Scotland's people lived in crannogs , timber - framed buildings built in lochs , weighed down with branches ...
Pagina 20
... built a wall from the Tyne to the Solway . About twenty years later , the Antonine Wall was built from the Clyde to the Forth , by legionnaires from Germany , Gaul , Spain , Egypt and the Middle East , to keep the most northerly tribes ...
... built a wall from the Tyne to the Solway . About twenty years later , the Antonine Wall was built from the Clyde to the Forth , by legionnaires from Germany , Gaul , Spain , Egypt and the Middle East , to keep the most northerly tribes ...
Pagina 267
... built the Queen Victoria School at Dunblane in Perthshire . Education , clothing and board were to be provided free of charge to boys between the ages of ten and eighteen who were the sons of non - commissioned officers killed in action ...
... built the Queen Victoria School at Dunblane in Perthshire . Education , clothing and board were to be provided free of charge to boys between the ages of ten and eighteen who were the sons of non - commissioned officers killed in action ...
Cuprins
Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
Drept de autor | |
18 alte secțiuni nu sunt arătate
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Termeni și expresii frecvente
Andrew Argyll army attempt Author battle became become began born Britain British brought building built called Castle century Charles chief Church claimed Company continued court Crown David death died Duke Earl Edinburgh Edward England English established Estates followed forced formed four France French gave George given Glasgow hands Highland House hundred important industry island Jacobite James John killed King kingdom Kirk Labour land later lived London Lord Lowland March Mary Minister nearly never Northumbria paid parliament Party passed political Prince produced Protestant Queen raised Reformation refused returned Robert Royal rule Scotland Scots Scottish sent ship SNPG society Stewart taken Thomas thousand took town trade troops Union University young
Referințe la această carte
Minorities and Memories: Survivals and Extinctions in Scotland and Western ... Andrew Strathern,Pamela J. Stewart Vizualizare fragmente - 2001 |
Minorities and Memories: Survivals and Extinctions in Scotland and Western ... Andrew Strathern,Pamela J. Stewart Vizualizare fragmente - 2001 |