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Exploring History in the Scottish Borders

Author : Ian James Douglas
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781514766873
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Exploring History in the Scottish Borders written by Ian James Douglas and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scottish border is steeped in history. "Exploring History in the Scottish Borders" provides an overview of the history of this turbulent area. This didn't produce Robin Hood characters, it produced a tough and often violent people, the border reivers. In the 16th century the Scottish borderland made the American wild west of the 19th century look like a kindergarten. But its past has also left its mark in splendid castles, beautiful ruined abbeys, and a depth of history few other areas can match. From the time of the Romans the borderland was the crossroads between the north and south of Britain. The often fraught relationship between England and Scotland left its mark on the area and the people. This book tells the story of the of the English/Scottish borderland from the time of the Romans, through the Scottish wars of independence, the turbulent 16th century and Henry VIII's "rough wooing," up until the reopening of part of the Waverley Line by Queen Elizabeth in 2015. Illustrated by many full colour photographs, Exploring History in the Scottish Borders provides an overview of Border history, and a guide to key historical sites in the borderland.

Exploring Environmental History

Author : T. C. Smout
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748635149
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Environmental History written by T. C. Smout and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, newly available in paperback, brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history and offers them as a collection of 'explorations'. The author's interests are multi-faceted and, though often focussed on post-1600 Scotland, by no means restricted to that area.

Borders Witch Hunt

Author : Mary W. Craig
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1910022268
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Borders Witch Hunt written by Mary W. Craig and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years between 1600 and 1700 were a period of war, famine, plague and religious upheaval in Scotland.A time when ordinary women, and men, of the Scottish Borders who fell under the suspicion of the Kirk would face interrogation and torture.A time when fear of Auld Nick turned the world upside down and the cry of witch would almost always lead to the rope and the flame.Mary Craig explores this tremulous period of Scottish history and examines the causes and effects of the 17th century witchcraft trials and executions in the Scottish Borders.

Border Fury

Author : John Sadler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317865278
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Border Fury written by John Sadler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Border Fury provides a fascinating account of the period of Anglo-Scottish Border conflict from the Edwardian invasions of 1296 until the Union of the Crowns under James VI of Scotland, James I of England in 1603. It looks at developments in the art of war during the period, the key transition from medieval to renaissance warfare, the development of tactics, arms, armour and military logistics during the period. All the key personalities involved are profiled and the typology of each battle site is examined in detail with the author providing several new interpretations that differ radically from those that have previously been understood.

The Scots

Author : Alistair Moffat
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 085790020X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The Scots written by Alistair Moffat and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, with a new census appearing in 2011 and after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting our history in spectacular fashion. In The Scots: A Genetic Journey, Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes, and in a remarkable new approach, uncovers the detail of where we are from, who we are and in so doing colour vividly a DNA map of Scotland.

The Borders

Author : Alistair Moffat
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857901141
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The Borders written by Alistair Moffat and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this acclaimed book, Alistair Moffat tells the story of a part of Scotland that has played a huge role in the nation's history and moved poets, painters and writers as well as ordinary people for hundreds of years. The hunter-gatherers who first penetrated the virgin interior, the Celtic warlords, the Romans, the Northumbrians and the Reivers, who dominated the Anglo-Scottish borderlands for over 300 years, have all had their part to play in the constantly evolving life of the area. It is the people of a place that make its history and Alistair Moffat's book is a testament to those who have made the Borders their home, and who have created the traditions, myths and romance that define it so strongly.

Edinburgh (Scotland)

Author :
Publisher : YouGuide Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1837049459
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh (Scotland) written by and published by YouGuide Ltd. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tweed Dales

Author : Donald Smith
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1912387182
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Tweed Dales written by Donald Smith and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the Scottish Borders, Tweed Dales covers six journeys spanning from the Eildon Hills to Tweeddale, Kelso to Gala Water, Ettrick to Teviotdale. The long history of the Borders and their unique culture is evoked through key personalities, events, stories and folklore. Both accomplished storytellers, Donald and Elspeth spin the magic of the stories of Borders history with passion and vitality.

Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9781579584405
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration: R to Z, index written by Jennifer Speake and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

Author : Alistair Moffat
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 085790874X
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Scotland: A History from Earliest Times written by Alistair Moffat and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of this great nation, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A History From Earliest Times skilfully weaves together a dazzling array of fact and anecdote from a vast range of sources. The result is an imaginative, informative, balanced and varied portrait of Scotland, seen not just through the experience of the kings, saints, warriors, aristocrats and politicians who populate the pages of conventional history books, but also through that of ordinary people who have lived Scotland's history and have played their own important part in shaping its destiny.

The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1300–1600

Author : K. Terrell
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349293391
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1300–1600 written by K. Terrell and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Scottish Border and the Shaping of Identity, 1350-1600 explores the roles that Scotland and England play in one another's imaginations. This collection of essays brings together eminent scholars and emerging voices from the frequently divergent fields of English and Scottish medieval studies.

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

Author : Sir Walter Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border written by Sir Walter Scott and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Exploration of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset

Author : John Lloyd Warden Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book An Exploration of Exmoor and the Hill Country of West Somerset written by John Lloyd Warden Page and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England

Author : Graham Robb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393285332
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Debatable Land: The Lost World Between Scotland and England written by Graham Robb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[An] entertaining work of geographical sleuthing.…Surprises abound." —The New Yorker An oft-overlooked region lies at the heart of British national history: the Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land once served as a buffer between England and Scotland. It was once the bloodiest region in the country, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and James V. After most of its population was slaughtered or deported, it became the last part of Great Britain to be brought under the control of the state. Today, its boundaries have vanished from the map and are matters of myth and generational memories. In The Debatable Land, historian Graham Robb recovers the history of this ancient borderland in an exquisite tale that spans Roman, Medieval, and present-day Britain. Rich in detail and epic in scope, The Debatable Land provides a crucial, missing piece in the puzzle of British history.

Scottish Demonology and Witchcraft (Folklore History Series)

Author : Walter Scott
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528798481
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Demonology and Witchcraft (Folklore History Series) written by Walter Scott and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2022-11-24 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful essay delves into old Scottish records to uncover the grisly truth behind the country’s witch trials. First published in 1830, this short fascinating volume reveals the true extent of demonology and witchcraft in Scotland. Disclosing multiple tales that evidence supernatural presences, Walter Scott chronicles the eerie history of sorcery in his home country.

Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama

Author : Ian Brown
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748688374
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Drama written by Ian Brown and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal guide for students and theatre-lovers alike, the Companion explores the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre over the last hundred years.

Studying British Cultures

Author : Susan Bassnett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136495290
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Studying British Cultures written by Susan Bassnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Studies' and 'British Cultural Studies' cover a wide range of facets of contemporary Britain. Studying British Cultures: An Introduction is a unique collection of essays which examine the most significant aspects of this quickly developing area of study, analyzing the ways of teaching and reading British culture. The work covers the contemporary and key issues, including: the terminological distinction between 'British Studies' and 'British Cultural Studies' the problem of national cultures and identities in contemporary Britain studying language and literature from a British Studies perspective models for studying the historical context of the development of ideas of `Britishness' studying contemporary Britain overseas The contributors are some of the key names in current debates surrounding British Studies, and Susan Bassnett holds together their work with a substantial and accessible introduction. Studying British Cultures: An Introduction will be essential reading for students and teachers concerned with the study of contemporary Britain.