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Author : Val Turner
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ancient Shetland written by Val Turner and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David W. Moore
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786489243
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Other British Isles written by David W. Moore and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their names bespeak a rich past. From the Norse Hjaltland comes the modern Shetland: islands nominally Scottish, steeped in Nordic culture, closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Important Neolithic sites are at Skara Brae and Maes Howe in the Orkneys. Holy Iona, island center of Celtic Christianity, the Isle of Man, former seat of rule over the Irish Sea, and Anglesey and Islay, homes of medieval courts at Aberffraw and Loch Finlaggan, are just a few of the more than 6,000 islands that form the archipelago known as the British Isles. The offshore isles are home to half a million people. Focusing on the eight islands or chains that have long supported substantial populations, this history tells the stories of Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides, Anglesey, the Channel Islands, the Scilly Isles, and the Isles of Man and Wight, from their Neolithic settlement, to Roman, Norse and Norman occupation, to the struggle to maintain their uniqueness in today's world. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Noel Fojut
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Guide to Prehistoric and Viking Shetland written by Noel Fojut and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide designed to take the interested amateur around Shetland on an archaeological journey of over 5000 years. This revised edition contains a chronological description and gazetteer of the many sites, from prehistoric to Norse, together with suggested area car tours.
Author : Samuel Hibbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Description of the Shetland Islands written by Samuel Hibbert and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Barbara E. Crawford
Publisher : Society Antiquaries Scotland
ISBN 13 : 0903903156
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Biggings, Papa Stour, Shetland written by Barbara E. Crawford and published by Society Antiquaries Scotland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of a royal Norwegian farm on the Shetland island of Papa Stour was inspired by a document of 1299 recording the meeting between a Norwegian royal official and a woman who had accused him of treachery to his royal master.
Author : Lynn Abrams
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719065927
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (659 download)
Download or read book Myth and Materiality in a Woman's World written by Lynn Abrams and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over the past two centuries Shetland, Scotland was a place where women dominated the family, economy, and the cultural imagination. Women constructed in their minds an identity of themselves as "liberated" long before organized feminism was invented. Reconstructing this "woman's world" from written and oral sources, this book will appeal to scholars in the fields of social and cultural history, social anthropology, gender and women's studies.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1026 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, General index written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gilbert Goudie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Celtic and Scandinavian Antiquities of Shetland written by Gilbert Goudie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1904 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ann Cleeves
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509809805
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Shetland written by Ann Cleeves and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gloriously illustrated companion to her crime novels featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, Ann Cleeves takes readers through a year on Shetland. Discover its past, meet its people, celebrate its festivals and see how the flora and fauna of the islands change with the seasons. An archipelago of more than a hundred islands, Shetland is the one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom. Its fifteen hundred miles of shore mean that wherever one stands, there is a view of the sea. It has sheltered voes and beaches and dramatically exposed cliffs, lush meadows full of wild flowers in the summer and bleak hilltops where only the hardiest of plants will grow. It is a place where traditions are valued and celebrated, but new technologies and ways of working are also embraced. Whether it is the drama of the Viking fire festival of Up Helly Aa in winter, or the piercing blue and hot pink of spring flowers on the clifftops, the long, white nights of midsummer or the fierce gales and high tides of autumn, Shetland is vividly captured in all its bleak and special beauty. A book to treasure, full of photos and insightful notes about the stunning location of the Shetland series, now a major BBC One drama starring Douglas Henshall.
Author : Jenna Maxwell
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399016148
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book A History and Guide to Scottish Castles written by Jenna Maxwell and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At one time, Scotland was home to more than 4,000 castles. It’s an extraordinary number for such a small country and today, around 3,000 still stand. Some are world famous, others have inspired great works of literature, while others have lit up the silver screen. There are grand, ticketed visitor attractions but there are others which are unassuming structures so tucked away that only the locals seem to know about them. From the triangular-shaped Caerlaverock Castle in Dumfries and Galloway to the imposing New Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, and from the magnificent fortress that dominates the Edinburgh skyline to the haunting battlements that stand on the banks of Loch Ness, each tower tells a story, every turret holds a secret and, together, they span centuries of fascinating Scottish history. A History and Guide to Scottish Castles explores the history, architecture, and legends of some of these fascinating fortresses and looks at why they are so appealing to visitors today. Sharing amazing facts and her own unique experiences, author Jenna Maxwell takes readers on an unforgettable tour of some of Scotland’s most amazing castles which, if you haven’t visited them already, you’ll soon want to. Jenna has documented her journey on her Instagram page @queenofthecastles
Author : John J. Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Shetland Dictionary written by John J. Graham and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of The Shetland Dictionary is designed to aid readers in understanding and expanding their knowledge of Shetland. It includes over 150 additional words and is intended as a consistent source of reference.
Author : Noel Fojut
Publisher : Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Monuments of Shetland written by Noel Fojut and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 1993 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to Shetland's colorful history, described through its surviving monuments. From Neolithic settlements to Medieval castles plus a look at the eighteenth-century artillery defenses of Fort Charlotte. The book places each site in its historical context and guides the visitor around the surviving remains.
Author : Peter Sundkvist
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000214842
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Shetland Dialect written by Peter Sundkvist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional dialect spoken in the Shetland Isles, the northernmost part of Scotland and Britain, is highly distinct. It displays distinct, characteristic features on all linguistic levels and particularly in its sound system, or its phonology. The dialect is one of the lesser- known varieties of English within the Inner Circle. Increasing interest in the lesser- known varieties of English in recent years has brought a realization that there are still blanks on the map, even within the very core of the Inner Circle. Sundkvist’s comprehensive treatise draws upon results from a three- year research project funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, for which a phonological survey of the Shetland dialect was carried out between 2010 and 2012. This book is a useful resource for those working on historical linguistics and is intended to serve as a comprehensive description and accessible reference source on one of the most distinct lesser- known varieties of English within Britain. It documents and offers a systematic account of the rich regional variation as well as being a reference source for those studying the historical formation and emergence of the Shetland dialect and language variation and change in Shetland, as well as those within the broader field of Germanic linguistics.
Author : Alfred Wintle Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland ... written by Alfred Wintle Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Noel Fojut
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904746072
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric and Viking Shetland written by Noel Fojut and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work traces the earliest evidence of life in prehistoric communities to the norse settlement. What is Shetland's past and where can it be seen? In Prehistoric and Viking Shetland, Dr Noel Fojut takes the interested amateur on an archaeological journey of over five thousand years tracing the earliest evidence of life in prehistoric communities in Shetland to the Norse settlement. This is the fourth edition of this popular guide which was first published in 1981. It gives a chronological description, a gazetteer of many sites and a series of area car tours giving visitors and enthusiastic explorers a good idea of the range of sites to be found.
Author : Brian Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Shetland's Northern Links written by Brian Smith and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Olwyn Owen
Publisher : Society Antiquaries Scotland
ISBN 13 : 0903903148
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Kebister written by Olwyn Owen and published by Society Antiquaries Scotland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Kebister was a constant surprise to archaeologists and has opened a remarkable window on 4000 years of Shetland's past.
