Scottish history : the power of the past /

This book examines the power of the past upon the present. It shows how generations of Scots have exploited and reshaped history to meet the needs of a series of presents, from the conquest of the Picts to the refounding of Parliament. Dauvit Broun, Fiona Watson, and Steve Boardman explore the viole...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cowan, Edward J., Finlay, Richard J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2002.
Temas:
Historiography > Scotland.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Historiography.
Historisch besef.
Het Verleden.
Scotland > History.
Scotland > Historiography.
Écosse > Histoire.
Écosse > Historiographie.
Scotland.
Écosse (GB) > Histoire.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Picts' place in the kingship's past before John of Fordun / Dauvit Broun
  • Demonisation of King John / Fiona Watson
  • Late medieval Scotland and the matter of Britain / Steve Boardman
  • In search of the Scottish Reformation / Michael Lynch
  • Civil society and the Celts : Hector Boece, George Buchanan and the ancient Scottish past / Roger A. Mason
  • Covenanting tradition in Scottish history / Edward J. Cowan
  • 'What's in a name?' : pedigree and propaganda in seventeenth-century Scotland / David Allan
  • Ideological uses of the Picts, 1707-c.1990 / Colin Kidd
  • Jacobite cult / Murry G.H. Pittock
  • Queen Victoria and the cult of Scottish monarchy / Richard J. Finlay
  • 'Their laurels wither'd, and their name forgot' : women and the Scottish radical tradition / Catriona M.M. Macdonald
  • Tomorrow's ancestors : nationalism, identity and history / David McCrone.

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