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Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000084534
Author : Raphael Hollinshead
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:643787206
Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : NLS:B000065990
Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : OCLC:1049003644
Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : MINN:31951002013754P
Author : Hector Boece,Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : OCLC:1021880172
Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : OCLC:8735131
Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : NLS:B000007056
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1790
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : NLS:V000362949
Author : William Forbes Skene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Picts
ISBN : UOM:39015005663482
Author : Raphael Holinshed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1805
Category : Scotland
ISBN : MINN:31951002013753R
Author : Sophia Kingshill,The Estate of Jennifer Westwood
Publisher : Random House
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409061717
Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. Their range extends right across the country, from the Borders with their haunting ballads, via Glasgow, site of St Mungo's miracles, to the fateful battlefield of Culloden, and finally to the Shetlands, home of the seal-people. More than simply retelling these stories, The Lore of Scotland explores their origins, showing how and when they arose and investigating what basis - if any - they have in historical fact. In the process, it uncovers the events that inspired Shakespeare's Macbeth, probes the claim that Mary King's Close is the most haunted street in Edinburgh, and examines the surprising truth behind the fame of the MacCrimmons, Skye's unsurpassed bagpipers. Moreover, it reveals how generations of Picts, Vikings, Celtic saints and Presbyterian reformers shaped the myriad tales that still circulate, and, from across the country, it gathers together legends of such renowned figures as Sir William Wallace, St Columba, and the great warrior Fingal. The result is a thrilling journey through Scotland's legendary past and an endlessly fascinating account of the traditions and beliefs that play such an important role in its heritage.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11455956
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555083887
Author : Walter Bower
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788853262
Riveting selections from a 15-century account of Scottish history, one of Scotland’s national treasures. Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon— “a history book for Scots.” It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the Pharaoh’s daughter, from Egypt with the Stone of Destiny. The land that her sons discovered in the Western Ocean was named after her: Scotland. It then describes the turbulent events that followed, among them the wars of the Scots and the Picts (begun by a quarrel over a dog); the poisoning of King Fergus by his wife; Macbeth’s usurpation and uneasy reign; the good deeds of Margaret, queen and saint; Bruce’s murder of the Red Comyn; the founding of Scotland’s first university at St. Andrews; the “Burnt Candlemas;” and the endless troubles between Scotland and England. Weaving in and out of the events of Bower’s factual history are other subjects that fascinated him: harrowing visions of hell and purgatory, extraordinary miracles; the exploits of knights and beggars, merchants and monks; the ravages of flood and fire; the terrors of the plague; and the answers to such puzzling questions as what makes a good king, and why Englishmen have tails. This monumental work, in which the original Latin text appears side by side with a translation in modern English, was completed in 1998. It includes an introduction and notes that guide the reader through the complexities of Bower’s history and its background.
