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Fire and Sword
"Under the leadership of Sorley Boy MacDonnell, Clan Ian Mor became a major force in the development of the Gaelic heartland -- the Western Highlands, the Isles of Scotland and Ulster. He was able to hold together Clan Ian Mor as an effective political and military force in the Celtic fringe. An important contribution to our understanding of the War of the Three Kingdoms and the political and military force in the Celtic fringe" -- Book jacket.
Fire and Sword
The story of Sorley Boy MacDonnell & Clan Ian Mor is ultimately one of the private association--a prominent Gaelic clan--against the centralized, quasi-modern Tudor nation-state. Clan Ian Mor's existence was firmly grounded in the concepts of private community (Gemeinschaft) & cultural nationalism (Volksgebunden), displaying a tribal unity based on kinship (both agnatic & fictive), hierarchy, honor, private property rights & the right to self-protection. The MacDonnell family's main nemesis was the Tudor state, the modern, formal, bureaucratic & imperialistic nature of which was rooted in the contrary concepts of public society (Gesellschaft) & unitary nationalism (Staatsgebunden). In order ...
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