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Book Synopsis The Everyday Life of the Clans of the Scottish Highlands by : Michael Steven Newton
Download or read book The Everyday Life of the Clans of the Scottish Highlands written by Michael Steven Newton and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by award-winning scholar Dr. Michael Newton is a guide to the daily lives of the people of the Scottish Highlands, their vibrant culture, and their storied history during the era of the clan system. It is written for a general readership and is a must-have for all those who want a deeper understanding of Scottish Highland heritage.
Book Synopsis The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands by : Frank Adam
Download or read book The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands written by Frank Adam and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1970 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given by Eugene Edge III.
Book Synopsis Warriors of the Word by : Michael Newton
Download or read book Warriors of the Word written by Michael Newton and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening illustrated overview of Gaelic culture and history in Scotland. Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: Bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to counteract centuries of misrepresentation of the Highlands as a backwater of barbarism without a valid story of its own to tell. Warriors of the Word offers a broad overview of Scottish Highland culture and history, bringing together rare and previously untranslated primary texts from scattered and obscure sources. Poetry, songs, tales, and proverbs, supplemented by the accounts of insiders and travelers, illuminate traditional ways of life, exploring such topics as folklore, music, dance, literature, social organization, supernatural beliefs, human ecology, ethnic identity, and the role of language. This range of materials allows Scottish Gaeldom to be described on its own terms and to demonstrate its vitality and wealth of renewable cultural resources—making this an essential compendium for scholars, students, and all enthusiasts of Scottish culture.
Download or read book Highlanders written by James MacKillop and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebellion was recurrent in the Highlands because the Gaels (Scoti) were an often-oppressed indigenous minority in the nation, Scotland, to which they gave their name. They spoke a language, Gaelic, few outsiders would learn, and had their own family and social system, the clans. Warfare was bloody, culminating in the catastrophe of Culloden Moor during the doomed quest to restore the Stuart kingship to all of Britain. Economic hardship, including the near-genocidal Clearances, in which tenant farmers were replaced with sheep, drove the Gaels from the glens and islands, so that most today live in the diaspora, including millions in North America. Although the Gaels lack a single genetic identity, they clearly draw from distinct roots in the Irish, Norse and Picts. Despite their hardship, the Gaels are also presented in romantic portrayals by the artistic elite of other nations. This book offers ways in which the reader might find roots and ancestry in unfamiliar terrain. Chapters discuss the landscape and language of the Highlanders, the rise of clans, feuds and invasions, and eventual emigration.
Book Synopsis Folklore of the Scottish Highlands by : Anne Ross
Download or read book Folklore of the Scottish Highlands written by Anne Ross and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The folklore of the Scottish Highlands is unique and very much alive. Dr Anne Ross is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. This has enabled her to collect information at first hand and to assess the veracity of material already published. In this substantially revised edition of a classic work first published 30 years ago, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; the Highland tradition of seers and second sight; omens and taboos, both good and bad; and, chilling experiences of witchcraft and the Evil Eye Rituals associated with birth and death. Having taken her MA, MA Hons and PhD at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Ross became Research Fellow in the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh. She then rapidly established herself as one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work is "Pagan Celtic Britain" and she has also published "Druids - Preachers of Immortality" with Tempus Publishing.
Book Synopsis Into the Fairy Hill by : Michael S. Newton
Download or read book Into the Fairy Hill written by Michael S. Newton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Headstrong heroines and hot-tempered chieftains, loch monsters and hill fairies, cattle raids and clan feuds, wise animals and foolish saints: the Scottish Highlands' folktales date back centuries and preserve the history and beliefs of a people deeply rooted in their land and culture. Oral traditions connect the modern world with the hearts and minds of Scottish Highlanders across the ages, bringing their world to life in vivid detail. This anthology includes new and approachable translations of folktales from the Scottish Highlands and Nova Scotia, providing extensive commentary on this rich storytelling tradition. Each story is annotated with information about its origins and any insights into its meaning. The original Scottish Gaelic texts, collected from a wide variety of rare and obscure sources, are provided in an appendix.
Book Synopsis The Highland Clans of Scotland: Their History and Traditions by : George Eyre-Todd
Download or read book The Highland Clans of Scotland: Their History and Traditions written by George Eyre-Todd and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Highland Clans by : Alistair Moffat
Download or read book The Highland Clans written by Alistair Moffat and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brisk and accessible guide to a thousand years of reiving and rivalry in the Highlands.” —The Scotsman The story of the Highland clans of Scotland is famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful Battle of Culloden in 1746. Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day. Moffat is an adept guide to the world of the clans, a world dominated by lineage, land, and community. These are stories of great leaders and famous battles, and of an extraordinary people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. It’s a story too about the pain of leaving, with the great emigrations to the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand that began after Culloden. Complete with a clan map and an alphabetical list of the clans of the Scottish Highlands, this is a must for anyone interested in the history of Scotland.
Book Synopsis The Well of the Heads by : Stuart McHardy
Download or read book The Well of the Heads written by Stuart McHardy and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins of the Scottish clans go back over a thousand years, and for centuries these extended networks of families dominated life in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. The warriors of the clan, fiercely loyal to each other and to their chief, were well known for their extraordinary courage and military skills. Retold by one of Scotland's most acclaimed storytellers, these stories illustrate the drama and the dynamism of a society which lived close to nature, had little in the way of material wealth but which boasted a remarkable treasure house of stories that were passed down over generations.
Book Synopsis A History of the Scottish Highlands by : Sir John Scott Keltie
Download or read book A History of the Scottish Highlands written by Sir John Scott Keltie and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450–1650 by : Stuart Reid
Download or read book Castles and Tower Houses of the Scottish Clans 1450–1650 written by Stuart Reid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the exception of the key royal sites, such as Stirling and Edinburgh, few Scottish castles were located at strategic points, or were intended to house garrisons required to defend or subjugate towns. Instead they were primarily fortified dwelling houses, erected in an environment of weak Royal authority and endemic feuding between rival clans and groups, in both Highland and Lowland areas. Although some enceinte castles were developed during the 16th and 17th centuries, most defensive construction focused on the tower house, a distinctive vernacular style of Scottish fortification. This book examines the design, development, and purpose of these quintessentially Scottish buildings, and also covers larger sites such as Urquhart and Blackness.
Book Synopsis The Highland Clans of Scotland; Their History and Traditions by : Todd George Eyre
Download or read book The Highland Clans of Scotland; Their History and Traditions written by Todd George Eyre and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THOUGH the Scottish Highlander is proverbially tenacious of the memories of his race, and almost invariably well-informed regarding the descent and relationship of his clan, there has hitherto been a notorious lack of collected information regarding the individual histories and traditions of the Highland tribes. Of several of the clans there are admirable monographs in existence, and for the general history of the Gael one may consult books like Skene's Celtic Scotland and Browne's History of the Highlands; but in the way of a collection of histories of the separate clans nothing sufficiently detailed has been available. The present work is designed to supply in convenient shape information regarding each clan which is only to be found in widely scattered quarters elsewhere. On thorny points, like the chiefship of the MacDonalds, the headship of Clan Chattan, and the relationship of the MacArthurs and the Campbells, it is hoped that the facts have been stated without bias. It is hoped also that, while it would be impossible, within even a generous compass, to furnish complete narratives of all that is known of each clan, the net has been cast sufficiently wide to include all events of real importance, and to show their relationship, causes, and effects in a reasoned narrative., With only a very few alterations the list of septs put forward by Mr. Frank Adams in his excellent compendium of the Highland Clans, Septs, and Regiments has been adopted, and it is hoped that the reproduction of the spirited colour prints from Mclan's celebrated Clans of the Scottish Highlands, now almost unobtainable, will add a further feature of interest...
Book Synopsis The Clans of the Scottish Highlands by : James Logan
Download or read book The Clans of the Scottish Highlands written by James Logan and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. With an Account of the Gaelic Language, Literature, and Music by : John Wilson
Download or read book A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. With an Account of the Gaelic Language, Literature, and Music written by John Wilson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Book Synopsis The Clans of the Scottish Highlands by : R. R. McIan
Download or read book The Clans of the Scottish Highlands written by R. R. McIan and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Clans of the Scottish Highland by : James Logan
Download or read book The Clans of the Scottish Highland written by James Logan and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans by : James Browne
Download or read book A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans written by James Browne and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
