In Search of Scotland

Gordon Menzies

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2001

In Search of Scotland

Gordon Menzies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780585441764

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About this book

In Search of Scotland is the companion book to the lively and challenging BBC Scotland television series. Edited by Gordon Menzies, the Producer of the television series, this book tells the story of ten thousand years of Scotland's history.

History is where we come from, history is who we are. From the Stone Age to the present, the book charts the impact of Celts, Picts, Romans, Irish, Vikings and English, of battles, wars and empire. The great and the good figure prominently, of course, but the story of Scotland is also about ordinary people, who lived and loved, worked and died, mostly leaving no record at all. No matter where our ancestors come from, we are all affected by our past.

Scotland's leading historians have combined to produce a work that is revealing and authoritative. Lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, its trenchant views and evocative descriptions will entrance everyone who cares about Scotland and the Scots.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Gordon Menzies Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
List of maps Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
List of illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1 Mysterious ancestors Ian Armit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Birth of a nation Alex Woolf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3 Impact of the monk Geoffrey Barrow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4 The wars of independence Fiona Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5 Court and kirk Michael Lynch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
6 The European lifeline Christopher Smout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
7 The making of union Edward J. Cowan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
8 Crucible of the modern world Christopher Whatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
9 The Victorian achievement Hamish Fraser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
10 A century of pain and pleasure Richard Finlay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Genealogies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Notes on the authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: February 1, 2001
ISBN: 9780585441764