Author: Edwyn Seymour Reid TaitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shetland (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Hjaltland Miscellany
Author: Edwyn Seymour Reid TaitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shetland (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Hjaltland Miscellany
Author: Edwyn Seymour Reid TaitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shetland (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Hjaltland Miscellany. [Documents Relating to the History of the Shetland Islands.] Compiled and Edited by E. S. R. Tait. (vol. 2. Compiled and Edited by Christina Jamieson and E. S. R. Tait. Vol. 3. Transcribed by C. Jamieson and Edited by E. S. R. Tait.).
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Author: Edwyn Seymour Reid TAITThe Northern Isles
Author: Alexander FentonPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9781862320581
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
The Northern Isles stand at a crossroads of North Atlantic Europe, subject to the competing influences of Scandinavia and Scotland. Sandy Fenton's detailed study of the material culture of Orkney and Shetland is combined with thorough linguistic analysis and is based on years of study and sifting of a mass of detail. Much of the material is new, based on extensive research by the author, on manuscript and other written sources and on knowledge freely imparted by many local inhabitants. It illuminates the complexity of numerous interlocking factors, draws a picture of a fascinating and varied existence and reveals the past not as a static tableau but a process of continuous change. This book recreates the physical environment in which the people lived, their crops and livestock, the harvest of the sea, their houses, the food they ate. These things dominated their lives and form the background which is the key to understanding the character of these fascinating islands. This major work has earned its place as a key contribution to European ethnology and won the Dag Stromback Award of the Royal Gustav Academy, Sweden.
Orkney & Shetland Miscellany. --
Author: Viking Club, or Society for Northern Research (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Orkney and Shetland Miscellany
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Sutherland ...
Author: Alfred Wintle JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The Windswept Isles
Author: Elizabeth BalneavesPublisher: HP Trade
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen
Author: Elizabeth L. EwanPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748626603
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This single-volume dictionary presents the lives ofindividual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on newscholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, itthrows light on the experience of women from every class and category inScotland and among the worldwide Scottish diaspora.The BiographicalDictionary of Scottish Women is written for the general reading public andfor students of Scottish history and society. It is scholarly in itsapproach to evidence and engaging in the manner of its presentation. Eachentry makes sense of its subject in narrative terms, telling a story ratherthan simply offering information. The book is as enjoyable to read as it iseasy and valuable to consult. It is a unique and important contribution tothe history of women and Scotland.The publisher acknowledges support fromthe Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive Equalities Unit towardsthe publication of this title.