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Clan MacQuarrie claims to be a branch of the House of Alpin which ruled ancient Scotland in the eighth and ninth centuries. Members of the clan were traditionally located in northwestern Scotland. After the two failed Scottish uprisings of 1715 and 1745, many members of the clan immigrated to America, settling in both Canada and the United States. Others settled in Australia. Descendants live in Scotland and other parts of the world.
A new investigation of the saints' cults which flourished in medieval Scotland, fruitfully combining archaeological, historical, and literary perspectives.
Of all the Celtic peoples once dominant across the whole of Europe north of the Alps, only the Scots established a kingdom that lasted. Wales, Brittany and Ireland, subject to the same sort of pressure from a powerful neighbour, retained linguistic distinctiveness but lost political nationhood. What made Scotland's history so different?
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A unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period.
This work considers how chivalry was interpreted in 15th century Scotland and how it compared with European ideas of chivalry; the resposibilities of knighthood in this period and the impact on political life; the chivalric literature and the relevance of Christian components of chivalric culture.
Provides an overview of Mary in the Christian tradition, beginning with the New Testament, through the Reformation, and finishing up with contemporary views on her role.
First comprehensive study of four important medieval saints' lives, setting them in their political and ecclesiastical context.