Author: James Fraser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Chronicles of the Frasers
Author: James Fraser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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The Scottish Chronicle
Author: Raphael Holinshed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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The Scotch-Irish
Author: James G. Leyburn
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807888915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the action of their residence in that region upon their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America, where they settled especially in the back-country of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and then after the Revolutionary War were in the van of pioneers to the west.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807888915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the action of their residence in that region upon their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America, where they settled especially in the back-country of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and then after the Revolutionary War were in the van of pioneers to the west.
Catalogue of Books in the Reference Department of the Arbroath Public Library
Author: Arbroath Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation
Author: John of Fordun
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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A History Book for Scots
Author: Walter Bower
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 1788853261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Riveting selections from a 15-century account of Scottish history, one of Scotland’s national treasures. Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon— “a history book for Scots.” It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the Pharaoh’s daughter, from Egypt with the Stone of Destiny. The land that her sons discovered in the Western Ocean was named after her: Scotland. It then describes the turbulent events that followed, among them the wars of the Scots and the Picts (begun by a quarrel over a dog); the poisoning of King Fergus by his wife; Macbeth’s usurpation and uneasy reign; the good deeds of Margaret, queen and saint; Bruce’s murder of the Red Comyn; the founding of Scotland’s first university at St. Andrews; the “Burnt Candlemas;” and the endless troubles between Scotland and England. Weaving in and out of the events of Bower’s factual history are other subjects that fascinated him: harrowing visions of hell and purgatory, extraordinary miracles; the exploits of knights and beggars, merchants and monks; the ravages of flood and fire; the terrors of the plague; and the answers to such puzzling questions as what makes a good king, and why Englishmen have tails. This monumental work, in which the original Latin text appears side by side with a translation in modern English, was completed in 1998. It includes an introduction and notes that guide the reader through the complexities of Bower’s history and its background.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 1788853261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Riveting selections from a 15-century account of Scottish history, one of Scotland’s national treasures. Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon— “a history book for Scots.” It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the Pharaoh’s daughter, from Egypt with the Stone of Destiny. The land that her sons discovered in the Western Ocean was named after her: Scotland. It then describes the turbulent events that followed, among them the wars of the Scots and the Picts (begun by a quarrel over a dog); the poisoning of King Fergus by his wife; Macbeth’s usurpation and uneasy reign; the good deeds of Margaret, queen and saint; Bruce’s murder of the Red Comyn; the founding of Scotland’s first university at St. Andrews; the “Burnt Candlemas;” and the endless troubles between Scotland and England. Weaving in and out of the events of Bower’s factual history are other subjects that fascinated him: harrowing visions of hell and purgatory, extraordinary miracles; the exploits of knights and beggars, merchants and monks; the ravages of flood and fire; the terrors of the plague; and the answers to such puzzling questions as what makes a good king, and why Englishmen have tails. This monumental work, in which the original Latin text appears side by side with a translation in modern English, was completed in 1998. It includes an introduction and notes that guide the reader through the complexities of Bower’s history and its background.
Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain
Author: Dauvit Broun
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748685200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This book offers a fresh perspective on the question of Scotland's relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748685200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This book offers a fresh perspective on the question of Scotland's relationship with Britain. It challenges the standard concept of the Scots as an ancient nation whose British identity only emerged in the early modern era.
The Book of British Topography
Author: John Parker Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Isles
Languages : en
Pages : 496
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Holinshed's Chronicle as Used in Shakespeare's Plays
Author: Raphael Holinshed
Publisher: Phoenix
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Publisher: Phoenix
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Controversial Issues in Scottish History
Author: William Henry Gregg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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