Download or read book Patrick Hamilton the First Preacher and Martyr of the Scottish Reformation written by Peter Lorimer and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stone of Destiny written by Ian Hamilton and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Scottish national hero tells the story of a daring exploit that rocked Great Britain—and the love of country that inspired it. Ian Robertson Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University—until Christmas Eve 1950. On that night, assisted by Alan Stuart, Gavin Vernon, and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. The stone, once used in the coronation of Scottish monarchs, had been taken nearly seven centuries earlier by Edward I, and its recovery was a major symbolic victory, making Hamilton a Scottish national hero. In England, however, the act had the opposite effect, and a manhunt for the “vulgar vandals” was launched to satisfy the outrage of the English establishment and bring the perpetrators to justice. In the end, the Stone was given up, but the gang was not charged. This solitary act set Hamilton on a path for the rest of his life—from which he has not diverged. Decades after that fateful night, the story still holds people spellbound when Hamilton recounts it. In this book, Ian Hamilton sets down the chain of events that led to his decision to go to London and remove the Stone and provides a minute-by-minute account of the act and the aftermath. The basis of a major Hollywood film starring Robert Carlyle and Billy Boyd, The Stone of Destiny is not simply a retelling of a stunt that made nationwide news. It is a book about how a nation’s conscience was stirred by a symbolic act that changed the lives of many.
Download or read book Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland written by Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolution of Scotland s Towns written by Patricia Dennison and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new analysis of mind/body unity, based on the philosophy of Spinoza.
Download or read book The Cottagers of Glenburnie written by Elizabeth Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Scotland from the Roman Occupation written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The ballad minstrelsy of Scotland romantic and historical with notes and introduction written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scotland the Caribbean and the Atlantic world 1750 1820 written by Douglas Hamilton and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book wholly devoted to assessing the array of links between Scotland and the Caribbean in the later eighteenth century. It uses a wide range of archival sources to paint a detailed picture of the lives of thousands of Scots who sought fortunes and opportunities, as Burns wrote, ‘across th’ Atlantic roar’. It outlines the range of their occupations as planters, merchants, slave owners, doctors, overseers, and politicians, and shows how Caribbean connections affected Scottish society during the period of ‘improvement’. The book highlights the Scots’ reinvention of the system of clanship to structure their social relations in the empire and finds that involvement in the Caribbean also bound Scots and English together in a shared Atlantic imperial enterprise and played a key role in the emergence of the British nation and the Atlantic World.
Download or read book The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom written by George Edward Cokayne and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Castles of Scotland written by Martin Coventry and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must for all those who want to visit Scotland's many castles. The book covers all of the coutry's famous strongholds, as well as many lesser-known places, with location, access, visitor facilities, and contact details. There is a map, many photos, a glossary of architectural terms, and a family-name index, allowing the reader to identify any castle associated with their family.
Download or read book Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions written by Sharon Adams and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2014 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventeenth century was one of the most dramatic periods in Scotland's history, with two political revolutions, intense religious strife culminating in the beginnings of toleration, and the modernisation of the state and its infrastructure. This book focuses on the history that the Scots themselves made. Previous conceptualisations of Scotland's "seventeenth century" have tended to define it as falling between 1603 and 1707 - the union of crowns and the union of parliaments. In contrast, this book asks how seventeenth-century Scotland would look if we focused on things that the Scots themselves wanted and chose to do. Here the key organising dates are not 1603 and 1707 but 1638 and 1689: the covenanting revolution and the Glorious Revolution. Within that framework, the book develops several core themes. One is regional and local: the book looks at the Highlands and the Anglo-Scottish Borders. The increasing importance of money in politics and the growing commercialisation of Scottish society is a further theme addressed. Chapters on this theme, like those on the nature of the Scottish Revolution, also discuss central government and illustrate the growth of the state. A third theme is political thought and the world of ideas. The intellectual landscape of seventeenth-century Scotland has often been perceived as less important and less innovative, and such perceptions are explored and in some cases challenged in this volume. Two stories have tended to dominate the historiography of seventeenth-century Scotland: Anglo-Scottish relations and religious politics. One of the recent leitmotifs of early modern British history has been the stress on the "Britishness" of that history and the interaction between the three kingdoms which constituted the "Atlantic archipelago". The two revolutions at the heart of the book were definitely Scottish, even though they were affected by events elsewhere. This is Scottish history, but Scottish history which recognises and is informed by a British context where appropriate. The interconnected nature of religion and politics is reflected in almost every contribution to this volume.SHARON ADAMS is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Freiburg. JULIAN GOODARE is Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh.Contributors: Sharon Adams, Caroline Erskine, Julian Goodare, Anna Groundwater, Maurice Lee Jnr, Danielle McCormack, Alasdair Raffe, Laura Rayner, Sherrilynn Theiss, Sally Tuckett, Douglas Watt
Download or read book Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom Extant Extinct Or Dormant written by George Edward Cokayne and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton K T written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Scottish Nation Or The Surnames Families Literature Honours and Biographical History of the People of Scotland With Plates and Illustrations Including Portraits written by William Anderson (Miscellaneous Writer.) and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland written by Great Britain. Scottish Education Department and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life of Mary Queen of Scots written by Agnes Strickland and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summary of John Hamilton Noreen Hamilton s Scottish History written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-22T22:59:00Z with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Scotland was once attached to England, but they have since drifted apart. Parts of Scotland were formed in the southern hemisphere as part of the continent of Laurentia. Scotland was exposed to a variety of climates, from polar cold to baking heat. Life could not continue in an unbroken line due to the intervention of ice. #2 The first Scottish people came from Ireland, and were replaced by Neolithic farmers. There is evidence that the two cultures existed side-by-side for some time. #3 Scotland was once attached to England, but they have since drifted apart. The first Scottish people came from Ireland, and were replaced by Neolithic farmers. The Romans called this place Caledonia; Scotland was still several centuries away. #4 The first Scottish people came from Ireland, and were replaced by Neolithic farmers. The Romans called this place Caledonia, Scotland was still several centuries away. The Picts were a tribe who settled in northern Britain, and they left behind fabulous carved stones.
