Remembering the past in nineteenth-century Scotland : commemoration, nationality, and memory /

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Exposes ever-changing attitudes to Scotland's national heroes, from Wallace the unionist paragon to Knox the national hero. At a time when the Union between Scotland and England is once again under the spotlight, Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland examines the way in which Scot...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coleman, James J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
1800-1899
National characteristics, Scottish > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > Scotland > 19th century.
Écossais > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Nationalisme > Écosse > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > General.
National characteristics, Scottish
Nationalism
Scotland
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The valley cemetery
  • Nationality, memory and commemoration
  • Scottish nationality in the nineteenth century
  • 'Not servile and conquered, but free and independent': commemorating William Wallace and Robert the Bruce
  • 'The highest position in the civilised world': commemorating John Knox and the second reformation
  • 'If they were rebels then, we are rebels now': commemorating the covenanters and the glorious revolution
  • 'By the imprudence of his ancestors': commemorating Jacobitism and Mary Queen of Scots
  • 'Staunch loyalty to the flag that stands for union'

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