Periods in Highland History"Concise in style and informed by vast erudition, Periods in Highland History contains a small library's worth of information on all aspects of Highland Scottish history from the earliest times to the present. It offers a wealth of detail on topics ranging from clan warfare to the origins of the Highlanders' distinctive dress to the agricultural methods they used to support themselves in their beautiful but largely barren land"--Book jacket. |
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Page xi
... Jacobite Rising of 1745. At the time of St Columba's coming , the Highlands were just emerging into written history and most people are vague about how things changed and developed during succeeding centuries . There is , for instance ...
... Jacobite Rising of 1745. At the time of St Columba's coming , the Highlands were just emerging into written history and most people are vague about how things changed and developed during succeeding centuries . There is , for instance ...
Page 203
... Jacobites under the bed at home and all over Europe . Irrespective of popular views , the '45 was more like a civil war in Scotland . Though contemporaries wrote about and referred to ' the Highlanders ' , a considerable part of the ...
... Jacobites under the bed at home and all over Europe . Irrespective of popular views , the '45 was more like a civil war in Scotland . Though contemporaries wrote about and referred to ' the Highlanders ' , a considerable part of the ...
Page 204
... Jacobite sympathies . The only excuse that can be offered for the calculated and systematic brutality is the fear the Highlanders had inspired , but cowardice is scarcely a creditable excuse . Legislation was introduced to prevent the ...
... Jacobite sympathies . The only excuse that can be offered for the calculated and systematic brutality is the fear the Highlanders had inspired , but cowardice is scarcely a creditable excuse . Legislation was introduced to prevent the ...
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Before 11th century | 1 |
c 1300c 1500 | 63 |
16th early 17th centuries | 105 |
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agricultural Alexander ancient Angus Argyll battle belted plaid burghs Campbell canntaireachd carved Castle cattle Celtic chief Church Clan Chattan Clan Ranald clansmen contemporary crofters crofting Culdees described districts Donald Duncan Earl Earldom early Edinburgh eighteenth century estates example farms feudal Fraser G. W. S. Barrow Gael Gaelic galleys Glengarry Highland dress Highland history Highland Papers Highland society I. F. Grant important instance Inverness Iona Ireland Irish Islay Isles J. R. N. MacPhail Jacobite James John King Kintyre Knapdale Laird land later Lewis Loch Lochaber Lord Lordship Lowlands MacDonald Mackay MacKenzie Mackintosh MacLean MacLeod MacMhuirich Macpherson Martin Martin Mór Moray Norse North organisation Ossian ounceland parish period piobaireachd pipers pipes poems poetry poets Ross Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Gaelic seventeenth century sixteenth century Skye social songs survived Sutherland sword tartan tradition wearing West Highland William William Forbes Skene worn