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Author : John D. M. Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902957456
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (574 download)
Download or read book The Press Gang in Orkney and Shetland written by John D. M. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Orkney and Shetland Miscellany written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John R. Tudor
Publisher : London : E. Stanford ; Kirkwall, Eng. : W. Peace ; Lerwick, Eng. : C. & A. Sandison
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Orkneys and Shetland written by John R. Tudor and published by London : E. Stanford ; Kirkwall, Eng. : W. Peace ; Lerwick, Eng. : C. & A. Sandison. This book was released on 1883 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Orkney and Shetland Miscellany of the Viking Club written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alfred Wintle Johnston
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 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 1914 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest Marwick
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788852729
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland written by Ernest Marwick and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the 'simmer din'. Originally Norwegian, they have been part of Scotland for five hundred years, but their many and varied legends, folk tales and customs are still saturated with Norse influences. While this book tells tales and discusses beliefs that are known throughout the northern isles, it also outlines those elements which are unique to each island group. The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland is the standard account of what to this day is one of the richest repositories of lore and custom in Britain. Ernest Marwick not only recounts countless tales which have been transmitted aurally and by writing, but also places these tales within geographical and historical contexts, thus enabling a deeper appreciation of this wonderful material. A bibliography is also included, together with an index of tale types and motifs.
Author : James Davey
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300238274
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Tempest written by James Davey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new history of the Royal Navy during the tumultuous age of revolution The French Revolutionary Wars catapulted Britain into a conflict against a new enemy: Republican France. Britain relied on the Royal Navy to protect its shores and empire, but as radical ideas about rights and liberty spread across the globe, it could not prevent the spirit of revolution from reaching its ships. In this insightful history, James Davey tells the story of Britain's Royal Navy across the turbulent 1790s. As resistance and rebellion swept through the fleets, the navy itself became a political battleground. This was a conflict fought for principles as well as power. Sailors organized riots, strikes, petitions, and mutinies to achieve their goals. These shocking events dominated public discussion, prompting cynical--and sometimes brutal--responses from the government. Tempest uncovers the voices of ordinary sailors to shed new light on Britain's war with France, as the age of revolution played out at every level of society.
Author : Andrew Jennings
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443892688
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Northern Atlantic Islands and the Sea written by Andrew Jennings and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Orkney, Shetland and, to some extent, the Hebrides, share both a Nordic cultural and linguistic heritage, and the experience of being surrounded by the ever-present North Atlantic Ocean. This has been a constant in the islanders’ history, forging their unique way of life, influencing their customs and traditions, and has been instrumental in moulding their identities. This volume is an exploration of a rich, intimate and, at times, terrifying relationship. It is the result of an international conference held in April 2014, when scholars from across the North Atlantic rim congregated in Lerwick, Shetland, to discuss maritime traditions, islands in Old Norse literature, insular archaeology, folklore, and traditional belief. The chapters reflect the varied origins of the contributors. Icelanders are well represented, as are scholars based in Orkney and Shetland, indicating the strength of scholarship in these seemingly isolated archipelagos. Peripheral they may be to the UK, but they lie at the heart of the North Atlantic, at the intersection of British and Nordic cultures. This book will be of interest to scholars of a wide range of disciplines, such as those involved in island studies, cultural studies, Old Norse literature, Icelandic studies, maritime heritage, oceanography, linguistics, folklore, British studies, ethnology, and archaeology. Similarly, it will also appeal to researchers from a wide geographical area, particularly the UK, and Scandinavia, and indeed anywhere where there is an interest in the study of islands or the North Atlantic.
Author : Paul Murton
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 1788852281
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Viking Isles written by Paul Murton and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BBC travel personality explores the Nordic legacy of these remote Scottish islands: “Engagingly written and superbly illustrated.” —Undiscovered Scotland Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north—the island groups of Orkney and Shetland and the old counties of Caithness and Sutherland—which, for centuries, were part of the Nordic world as depicted in the great classic known as the Orkneyinga Saga. Today this fascinating Scandinavian legacy can be found everywhere—in physical remains, place names, local traditions and folklore, and much else. This is a personal account of Paul Murton’s travels in the Viking north. Full of observation, history, anecdote, and encounters with those who live there, it also serves as a practical guide to the many places of interest. From a sing-along with the Shanty Yell Boys to fishing off Muckle Flugga, from sword dancing with the men of Papa Stour to a Norwegian pub crawl in Lerwick, this book paints a vivid picture of these lands and their people, and explores their extraordinary rich heritage.
Author : Sara Caputo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009199803
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Foreign Jack Tars written by Sara Caputo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Tars presents the first in-depth study of their employment in the Navy during this crucial period. Based on sources from across Britain, Europe, and the US, and blending quantitative, social, cultural, economic, and legal history, it challenges the very notions of 'Britishness' and 'foreignness'. The need for manpower during wartime meant that naval recruitment regularly bypassed cultural prejudice, and even legal status. Temporarily outstripped by practical considerations, these categories thus revealed their artificiality. The Navy was not simply an employer in the British maritime market, but a nodal point of global mobility. Exposing the inescapable transnational dimensions of a quintessentially national institution, the book highlights the instability of national boundaries, and the compromises and contradictions underlying the power of modern states.
Author : Edward Walford
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Antiquary written by Edward Walford and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Antiquary written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George MacKay Brown
Publisher : Polygon
ISBN 13 : 1788852354
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book An Orkney Tapestry written by George MacKay Brown and published by Polygon. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama, and environmental writing. The book, written at an early stage in the author’s career, explores themes that appear in his later work and was a landmark in Brown’s development as a writer. Above all, it is a celebration of Orkney's people, language and history. This edition reproduces Sylvia Wishart’s beautiful illustrations, commissioned for the original hardback. Made available again for the first time in over 40 years, this new edition sits alongside Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain as an important precursor of environmental writing by the likes of Kathleen Jamie, Robert Macfarlane, Malachy Tallack and, most recently, Amy Liptrot.
Author : Peter Narvez
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813109398
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Good People written by Peter Narvez and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1997-11-06 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Whether called "the good people," "the little people," or simply "them," fairies are familiar from their appearances in Shakespeare's plays, Disney's films, and points in between. In many cultures, however, fairies are not just the stuff of distant legend or literature: they are real creatures with supernatural powers. The Good People presents nineteen essays that focus on the actual fairies of folklore -- fairies of past and living traditions who affected, and still affect, people's lives in myriad ways.
Author : Viking Society for Northern Research
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Saga-book of the Viking Club written by Viking Society for Northern Research and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v. 3, 5.
Author : William R. Mackintosh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Around the Orkney Peat-fires written by William R. Mackintosh and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
