Scotland : a History.
Taking in events as diverse as the Scottish assertion of independence at the end of the thirteenth century, the Union of the Crowns, and devolution, the contributors trace Scottish history from pre-1100 to the twentieth century, and show that Scotland was a remarkably successful, thriving, and impor...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, UK,
2005.
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Colección: | Oxford Illustrated History.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Taking in events as diverse as the Scottish assertion of independence at the end of the thirteenth century, the Union of the Crowns, and devolution, the contributors trace Scottish history from pre-1100 to the twentieth century, and show that Scotland was a remarkably successful, thriving, and important kingdom of international renown. - ;Scotland has long had a romantic appeal which has tended to be focused on a few over-dramatized personalities or events, notably Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Highland Clearances-the failures and the sad - though more positively, William Wal. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-350) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191518683 0191518689 0191622435 9780191622434 1280758732 9781280758737 1429421282 9781429421287 |