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A 1066 Sourcebook: A Collection of Materials Relating to the Norman Conquest of England and its Impact Upon Scotland
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This CD contains three separate books detailing the invasion of England in 1066, the families which went to Britain with that invasion, and the families which settled further north in ...
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A Border History Sourcebook
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This CD contains three separate books relating to the history of the Lowlands and Borders of Scotland ...
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A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland Circa 1695 and A Voyage to St Kilda with a Description of the Western Isles of Scotland
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Its three hundred years since Martin Martin’s great journey around the Western Isles, Orkneys and Shetlands. The first and one of the greatest of all travellers in Scotland, Martin is ...
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A Scottish Jewelry Sourcebook
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This CD is one of our "Sourcebook" series, which present on one disc a variety of materials on a given topic. This particular sourcebook brings together articles and chapters from larger books, all dealing with some aspect of Scottish jewelry ...
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All About Your Kilt
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In defining what is Scottish - always an elusive topic - both the kilt and tartan figure large in the definition of those symbols by which Scotland is identified. But the tartan presented in the kilt has to be one of the most controversial topics within the lexicon of things Scottish ...
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Ancient Catholic Homes of Scotland
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This history looks at eight great houses and the families associated with them ...
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Antiquarian Notes
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This is a 952 page monumental work on the families, events, and places in the Highlands of Scotland. Produced in two volumes, the first is subtitled "A Series of Papers Regarding Families and Places in the Highlands", and includes dozens of chapters on topics relating to families ...
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Borderland Castles and Peles: A Concise Guide to the Strongholds of the Anglo-Scottish Border
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Robert Hugill had a lifetime interest in medieval and early modern Scotland and in the fortifications built in the Border lands between England and Scotland. Here, he arranged the castles and peles in alphabetical order, with an account of their history ...
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Castles and Historic Homes of the Borders: Their Traditions and Romance
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Written by Alexander Eddington, and originally published in 1949, this book tells of the Borderlands region in Scotland that is filled with historic houses, each one of which has a ...
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Clan Warfare in the Scottish Highlands
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After 1400 Scottish families competed for area supremacy or fought each other over various conflicts and feuds. There was no central authority to impose order, and warfare into the 18th century could be endemic on a local scale. This book details the competition between clans ...
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Clanship and the Clans
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This unusual work give us a look into the state of the Highland clans and clan system as it was in the late high Victorian era. Over the course of 50 years from the visit of King George IV to those of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the 1830s and '40s, the Norse-Celtic culture of the Scottish Highlands had grown in popularity ...
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Collectanea de Rebus Albanicis: Consisting of Original Papers and Documents Relating to the History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
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One of the most elusive of all the Highland histories, "Collectanea" reprints many primary documents - much of the work done by William Skene, Donald Gregory, and other lions of 19th century Scottish historical writing ...
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Controversial Issues in Scottish History
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This work aroused intense interest among both the popular and academic historians of the day, for it reprinted major portions of early chronicles and histories which long had been unavailable other than at research libraries.
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Culloden 1746: The Highland Clans' Last Charge
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On 25 July 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart, the 'Young Pretender', landed with a handful of supporters on the west coast of Scotland. This marked the beginning of the '45 ...
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Culloden and the '45
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There is little doubt that the '45 rebellion was the greatest challenge to the eighteenth century British state. The battle of Culloden in which it culminated was certainly ...
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Discover Scotland's History
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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 ...
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Early Norman Castles of the British Isles
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The successful invasion of England in 1066 by Duke William of Normandy brought the full force of continental feudalism to England and firmly established the Norman castle and its architecture as the premier pattern for design for the island. It begins with a survey of English Norman castles which is followed by ...
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Exiles of the Covenant
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This is a history of the Covenanters, providing both biographical and historical information ...
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Flodden: A Scottish Tragedy
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In the breadth of bitter-sweet Scottish history there is no more poignant, no more important battle than Flodden. Before Flodden a proud country under its dynamic Stewart King ...
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Glencoe and Beyond: The Sheep-Farming Years 1780-1830
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The early sheep-farming period in the part of the Highlands discussed in this study was characterised by a great deal of geographical, social and financial movement. This perceptive ...
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Highland Clansman 1689-1746
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For nearly sixty years the clans of Highland Scotland proved to be an almost constant thorn in the side of a series of British monarchs. Fiercely independent the clans comprised ...
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Highlander
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A brand new lavishly illustrated hardback which examines the military legend of the Highlanders. Written by a leading authority on the subject it looks at their weapons and tactics and ...
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Highlanders: A History of the Gaels
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In this informative and often controversial study, the award-winning journalist John Macleod unfolds the story of the land and people of the isles and glens of the Highlands of Scotland.
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Historical Geography of the Clans of Scotland with a Narrative of the Highland Campaigns
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Originally published 1909, this is a classic account of the Highlands and Highland clans, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries. It contains a roll of landlords and baillies from ...
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History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland from AD 1493 to AD 1625
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This enormous history deals with the northwestern portion of Scotland and with a period in the history of that region when it came under increased attention from the monarchy in Edinburgh ...
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Memorabilia Domestica: or Parish Life in the North of Scotland
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Originally published in 1840 and then reissued nearly a half-century later, this rare and elusive publication is concerned primarily with Highland history in the first half of the 19th century, and is of particular value to those interested in Ross-shire and Sutherlandshire ...
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Rough Notes of a Traveller 1890
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A unique look at an individual's view of many countries as they were back in 1889 ...
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Scotland's Black Death: The Foul Death of the English
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During the early months of 1349 Scottish soldiers engaged in border warfare praised God that many of their English opponents were being felled by a new and terrifying affliction. Within ...
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Scotland: From Prehistory to the Present
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"Scotland: From Prehistory to the Present" is a lively new history from one of Scotland's brightest young historians. This revised edition starts with the early settlers after the last Ice ...
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Scotland: The Complete Guide
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A superb up-to-date, fact packed touring guide which highlights the best places to visit throughout the country. Includes a comprehensive introductory section, motoring advice, suggested tours, a detailed guide to ...
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Scottish Clock and Watch Makers 1453-1900
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It's now over seventy years since the second edition of John Smith's 'Old Scottish Clockmakers 1453-1850', was published, and apart from a reprint in 1975 (without additions or ...
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Scottish Country Miller 1700-1900: A History of Water-powered Meal Milling in Scotland
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Until the industrialisation of towns and the depopulation of the countryside, the miller was of vital importance in the local community, providing the chief element of the diet of the ...
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Scottish Historical Documents
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For anyone with an interest in Scottish history, but without convenient access to source material, 'Scottish Historical Documents' will be welcomed as a valuable and informative collection of important references ...
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Scottish Kirkyards
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The Scottish kirkyard has been vastly underrated as a place of historical importance, offering a wealth of information to the visitor of local historian. Within its confines can be found ...
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Scottish Place-Names
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'Scottish Place-Names', the result of twenty years' meticulous research, remains the only comprehensive and systematic study of Scottish place-names. First published in 1976, it has now been re-released as a ...
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Scottish Voices 1745-1960
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Scotland at the end of the 18th century was a vastly different country from the Scotland of today. This book tells the story of changing times from those ...
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The Borders Book
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This collection of essays, written by experts, provides the definitive story of the Scottish Borders, that beautiful and much loved region of Scotland where a great number of ...
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The Celtic Place Names of Scotland
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First published in 1926, this remains the best and most comprehensive reference guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland. Now reprinted and published in a paperback edition, this classic work ...
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The Highland Clans
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The story of the Highland clans is a gripping one, full of celebrated names and heroic deeds. It is also, as Alistair Moffat reveals, the story of a fearless people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Here, he traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans ...
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The Highland Clearances
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'The Highland Clearances' stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland. This book traces the origins of the Clearances from the 18th century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s. In considering both the terrible suffering ...
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The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society 1750-1950
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What happened to the Highland bagpipe in the two centuries following Culloden? How was its music transmitted and received? This study presents much new contemporary evidence and uses a range ...
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The Highlanders at Home
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Written by R.R. McIan, the full title of this publication is 'Gaelic Gatherings: Or The Highlanders at Home, on the Heath, the River and the Loch'. In a series of 24 color plates, with substantial accompanying text, McIan sought to illustrate the way in which Highlanders worked and played ...
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The History of the Highland Clearances
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The Highland Clearances of the early 19th century were either an inhumane eviction of the old, the infirm, the poor and the powerless from lands which they farmed, or they were the necessary corrective to an inefficient and hopeless ...
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The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest
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The Victorian Public Record Office (PRO) building which dominates Chancery Lane opened its doors in 1856. By the end of 1996, all the original records housed there were ...
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The Knights Templar and Bannockburn: Another View of the Myth
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The purpose of this work is to provide a reasoned assessment of the argument for Templars being at Bannockburn in a body and able to influence the tide of battle ...
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The Lighthouse Stevensons
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An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.P 'Whenever I smell salt water, ...
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The Lord Wardens of the Marches of England and Scotland
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Being a brief history of the Marches, the Laws of March, and the Marchmen. This book by Howard Pease is a detailed account of the region along the border between England and Scotland, and of the families who fought in that region; the courts and other officials who sought to regulate the region ...
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The Norsemen in Alban
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This work is particularly recommended for its chronological approach to the interaction of the Norsemen and Scotland. Beginning in late Roman times, it traces, in narrative fashion and in considerable detail, the Norse/Viking invasions of the north, their settlements, and their contribution overall to Highland ...
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The Scots: A Genetic Journey
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History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century. An almost limitless archive of history lies hidden inside our bodies and those with Scottish roots carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us ...
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The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
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Within one hundred years, the nation that began the 18th century dominated by the harsh and repressive Scottish Kirk had evolved into Europe's most literate society, producing an idea of modernity that has shaped much of civilisation as we know it ...
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The Unclaimed and Unnamed Tartans
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Over the centuries, Scottish mills have designed and woven many tartans which have not been specifically labeled as a district, corporate, or family tartan. These tartans were woven for special occasions, or simply because the designer thought that they would be an interesting. Many of these tartans are extremely attractive ...
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