| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: The valley cemetery -- Nationality, memory and commemoration -- Scottish nationality in the nineteenth century -- 'Not servile and conquered, but free and independent': commemorating William Wallace and Robert the Bruce -- 'The highest position in the civilised world': commemorating John Knox and the second reformation -- 'If they were rebels then, we are rebels now': commemorating the covenanters and the glorious revolution -- 'By the imprudence of his ancestors': commemorating Jacobitism and Mary Queen of Scots -- 'Staunch loyalty to the flag that stands for union' |
| Summary |
Exposes ever-changing attitudes to Scotland's national heroes, from Wallace the unionist paragon to Knox the national hero. At a time when the Union between Scotland and England is once again under the spotlight, Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland examines the way in which Scotland's national heroes were once remembered as champions of both Scottish and British patriotism. Whereas 19th-century Scotland is popularly depicted as a mire of sentimental Jacobitism and kow-towing unionism, this book shows how Scotland's national heroes were once the embodiment of a consistent, expressive and robust view of Scottish nationality. Whether celebrating the legacy of William Wallace and Robert Bruce, the reformer John Knox, the Covenanters, 19th-century Scots rooted their national heroes in a Presbyterian and unionist view of Scotland's past. Examined through the prism of commemoration, this book uncovers collective memories of Scotland's past entirely opposed to 21st-century assumptions of medieval proto-nationalism and Calvinist misery. Key Features. Detailed studies of 19th-century commemoration of Scotland's national heroes Uncovers an all but forgotten interpretation of these 'great Scots' Shines a new light on the mindset of nineteenth-century Scottish national identity as being comfortably Scottish and British Overturns the prevailing view of Victorian Scottishness as parochial, sentimental tartanry |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 19, 2015) |
| Subject |
National characteristics, Scottish -- History -- 19th century
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Nationalism -- Scotland -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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HISTORY -- General.
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National characteristics, Scottish
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Nationalism
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Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014469995 |
| ISBN |
9780748676910 |
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0748676910 |
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0748676902 |
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9780748676903 |
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