Discover Scotland's History' is an essential introduction to the history of Scotland, covering every major event in the country's development from pre-history right up to the present day. It is a book of astonishing range and depth of interest, and the easy-to-read, straightforward text is complemented by over 160 illustrations--including maps, plans, drawings, paintings and photographs--making it the most accessible book in Scottish history you will find.
Aimed at anyone wishing to learn something about the history of Scotland, 'Discover Scotland's History' provides a chronological framework of Scotland's development: a comprehensive, sound foundation from which the reader may view Scotland today. As a unique resource, it educates and informs, leading to a real appreciation of Scotland, its people and its culture.
In this era of revived national consciousness, this book fills a long-felt gap in our understanding of Scotland's development: it offers readers the opportunity of seeing Scottish history as a whole, flowing like a river, and changing all through recorded time.
Contents:
1. Scotland Imagined, Scotland Early
2. The First Farmers
3. Makers of Bronze, Weavers of Cloth
4. The Iron Age Celts
5. The Romans Come and Conquer
6. The Roman Soldiers at Newstead
7. The Making of Scotland
8. The Coming of Christianity
9. The Vikings
10. Malcolm Canmore and St Margaret
11. David I and Norman Ways
12. Castles in Scotland
13. From Serf to Freedom
14. The Rise of the Burghs
15. The Monks of Melrose Abbey
16. The Struggle for Independence under William Wallace
17. The Struggle for Independence under Robert the Bruce
18. The Later Middle Ages
19. The Age of Discovery
20. Changes in Religion in Scotland, England and Europe
21. Changes in Religion: Ministers, Monarchs and Nobles
22. People in the Sixteenth Century
23. The Struggle for Freedom during the Reign of James VI and I
24. The Struggle for Freedom: Charles I and Cromwell
25. The Struggle for Freedom: Restoration to Revolution
26. Life in the Highlands in the Seventeenth Century
27. Life in the Burghs in the Seventeenth Century
28. The Union of Scotland and England
29. The Jacobite Risings
30. The Highlands after the 'Forty-five
31. The Improving Farmers
32. Edinburgh in the Eighteenth Century and Today
33. The Industrial Revolution: Cloth
34. The Industrial Revolution: Iron, Steel and Coal
35. The Industrial Revolution: Transport
36. The French Revolution and Scotland
37. The Rise of Glasgow
38. Agriculture, Industry and the People
39. The Struggle for Reform: What People Did for Themselves
40. The Struggle for Reform of Parliament and Councils
41. The Struggle for Reform: What Parliament Did
42. Government and the People
43. Famous Scots at Home and Abroad
44. In Modern Scotland
45. Conclusion: A Time of Hope
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