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Scottish History
The Power of the Past
Udgivet af Edinburgh University Press
ISBN
9780748614202
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This book examines the power of the past upon the present. It shows how generations of Scots have exploited and reshaped history to meet the needs of a series of presents, from the conquest of the Picts to the refounding of Parliament.Dauvit Broun, Fiona Watson, and Steve Boardman explore the violent manipulations of t…
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Forlag
Edinburgh University Press
Kategori
Kulturstudier
ISBN-13
9780748614202
EAN
9780748614202
Format
Hæftet
Sprog
Engelsk
sider
320
Undertitel
- The Power of the Past
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This book examines the power of the past upon the present. It shows how generations of Scots have exploited and reshaped history to meet the needs of a series of presents, from the conquest of the Picts to the refounding of Parliament.Dauvit Broun, Fiona Watson, and Steve Boardman explore the violent manipulations of the past in medieval Scotland. Michael Lynch questions well-entrenched assumptions about the Scottish Reformation. Roger Mason looks at the transformation of ''Highland barbarism'' into ''Gaelicism''. Ted Cowan examines the ''Killing Times'' of the covenanters, and David Allan the seventeenth century fashion for creative family history. Colin Kidd discovers the victims of Pictomania in Scotland and modern Ulster, and Murray Pittock uncovers the comparable mania driving Jacobitism. Richard Finlay links the cult of Victoria with the queen''s idea of herself as the heiress of the Scottish monarchy. Catriona MacDonald considers the neglect of women and the dangers of reconstructing history to su
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