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Author: IslayPublisher:
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Category : Islay (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The stent book and acts of the balliary of Islay, 1718-1843 [ed. by L. Ramsay].
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Author: IslayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islay (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Vikings in Islay
Author: Alan MacnivenPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788853695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The Hebridean island of Islay is well-known for its whisky, its wildlife and its association with the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. There would seem to be little reason to dwell on its fate at the hands of marauding Northmen during the Viking Age. Despite a pivotal location on the 'sea road' from Norway to Ireland, there are no convincing records of the Vikings ever having been there. In recent years, historians have been keen to marginalise the island's Viking experience, choosing instead to focus on the enduring stability of native Celtic culture, and tracing the island's modern Gaelic traditions back in an unbroken chain to the dawn of the Christian era. However, the foundations of this presumption are flawed. With no written accounts to go by, the real story of Islay's Viking Age has to be read from another type of source material - the silent witness of the names of local places. The Vikings in Islay presents a systematic review of around 240 of the island's farm and nature names. The conclusions drawn turn traditional assumptions on their head. The romance of Islay's names, it seems, masks a harrowing tale of invasion, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
Publications of the Scottish History Society
Author: Scottish History SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the University of Edinburgh
Author: Edinburgh University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1424
Book Description
A Contribution to the Bibliography of Scottish Topography
Author: Sir Arthur MitchellPublisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Author: Argyll: Islay, Jura, Colonsay & Oronsay
Author: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of ScotlandPublisher:
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Category : Argyllshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Author: Society of Antiquaries of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The Hebridean Traveller
Author: Denis RixsonPublisher: Birlinn Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
For centuries the Highlands and Islands of Scotland were regarded as culturally as well as physically distinct. Highlanders had a bad reputation, or suffered from a bad press, depending on perspective. This imaginative and stimulating book explores the various attitudes to the area through the writing of those who travelled there over the centuries. In it Denis Rixson examines a huge a variety of sources, from early lists of the islands to Dean Munro, Timothy Pont and Martin Martin; from maps and charts to official records of the Church and State and the dozens of individual accounts by those who visited the area and encountered its people. These records enable us to build up a remarkably detailed composite picture of a remote area which was long hidden from the rest of Britain, sheltered by distance, obscured by differences of language and culture and often politically and militarily opposed. "The Hebridean Traveller" concentrates on the period from earliest times to around 1800, when the modern tourist industry was beginning to develop.
University Library Bulletin
Author: Cambridge University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description