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Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Old-lore Miscellany of Orkney, Shetland, Caithness, and Sutherland
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Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Orkney and Shetland Miscellany
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Category : Caithness (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The Scottish Geographical Magazine
Author: Balnagown
Author: Famine in Scotland - the 'Ill Years' of the 1690s
Author: Karen J. CullenPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 074864184X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book examines the climatic and economic origins of the last national famine to occur in Scotland, the nature and extent of the crisis which ensued, and what the impact of the famine was upon the population in demographic, economic and social terms. Current published knowledge about the causes, extent, and impact of the famine in Scotland is limited and many conclusions have been speculative in the absence of extensive research. Despite the critical importance of this crisis, one of the four disasters of the 1690s, which are widely acknowledged to have contributed to the economic arguments in favour of the Union of the Parliaments in 1707, the topic has been largely neglected and even underplayed by historians. This is the first full study of the famine, providing a unique scholarly examination of the causes, course, characteristics and consequences of the crisis. A comprehensive study of agricultural, climatic, economic, social and demographic issues, the book seeks to establish answers to the fundamental question concerning the event. How serious was it? Using detailed statistical and qualitative analysis, it discusses the regional factors that defined the famine, the impact on the population, and the interconnected causes of this traumatic event.
Year Book of the Viking Club, Society for Northern Research
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Category : Northmen
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
Author: Sir William Alexander CraigiePublisher:
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Category : Scots language
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Scottish Geographical Magazine
Author: Medieval and Early Modern Representations of Authority in Scotland and the British Isles
Author: Kate BuchananPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317098145
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
What use is it to be given authority over men and lands if others do not know about it? Furthermore, what use is that authority if those who know about it do not respect it or recognise its jurisdiction? And what strategies and 'language' -written and spoken, visual and auditory, material, cultural and political - did those in authority throughout the medieval and early modern era use to project and make known their power? These questions have been crucial since regulations for governance entered society and are found at the core of this volume. In order to address these issues from an historical perspective, this collection of essays considers representations of authority made by a cross-section of society within the British Isles. Arranged in thematic sections, the 14 essays in the collection bridge the divide between medieval and early modern to build up understanding of the developments and continuities that can be followed across the centuries in question. Whether crown or noble, government or church, burgh or merchant; all desired power and influence, but their means of representing authority were very different. These essays encompass a myriad of methods demonstrating power and disseminating the image of authority, including: material culture, art, literature, architecture and landscapes, saintly cults, speeches and propaganda, martial posturing and strategic alliances, music, liturgy and ceremonial display. Thus, this interdisciplinary collection illuminates the variable forms in which authority was presented by key individuals and institutions in Scotland and the British Isles. By placing these within the context of the European powers with whom they interacted, this volume also underlines the unique relationships developed between the people and those who exercised authority over them.
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