Knoydart - A HistoryPaperback
Knoydart - the northern edge of the 'Rough Bounds' is one of the most evocative names in Scotland. A remote and desolate peninsula, its name derives from Viking settlers who only reckoned it worth three ouncelands - compared to five for the island of Eigg.Its warlike bu… Celý popis ↓
Porovnanie cien Knoydart - A HistoryPaperback
Popis Knoydart - A HistoryPaperback
Knoydart - A HistoryPaperback
Knoydart - the northern edge of the 'Rough Bounds' is one of the most evocative names in Scotland. A remote and desolate peninsula, its name derives from Viking settlers who only reckoned it worth three ouncelands - compared to five for the island of Eigg.Its warlike but impoverished inhabitants caused endless problems for their neighbours during the 17th century before becoming notorious in the 18th century under the leadership of Coll of Barrisdale. This text offers a history of Knoydart from the earliest times to the present day.
For the Jacobites, as well, Knoydart was a fertile recruiting ground. His protection racket has bequeathed the word 'blackmail' to the English language and he was notorious across Scotland. In the 18th and 19th centuries the area suffered large scale emigration, partly as a result of the brutal clearances of 1853.
A further long century of decline
Parametre
- Výrobca
- Birlinn General
Podobné produkty
Knoydart - A HistoryPaperback
Ugliness - A Cultural HistoryPaperback
Piper Cherokee - A Family HistoryPaperback
Vietnams American War - A HistoryPaperback
Global Jewish Foodways - A HistoryPaperback
North British Railway - A HistoryPaperback
Knoydart, Loch Hourn and Loch Duich
Ten Lost Tribes - A World HistoryPaperback
Cannabis - An American HistoryPaperback
