| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Northern world, 1569-1462 ; v. 20 |
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Northern world ; v. 20. 1569-1462
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| Contents |
List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- setting the scene -- • Historiographical introduction -- • Central and eastern Highlands -- • Origins of clans -- • Structure of clans -- Chapter one -- the Highlands in context -- • Perception of the Highlands: savagery & barbarism -- • Role of the crown -- Chapter two -- internal clientage -- • Role of the chief -- • Clan formation: fine & satellite kindreds -- • Fosterage & socio-economic manrent -- • Military cadres & caterans -- Chapter three -- external clientage -- • Marriage -- • Clientage -- • Bonds of political manrent -- • Bonds of friendship -- Chapter four -- land: property & possession -- • Tenurial superiority and customary claims -- • Economic considerations -- • 'Inalienable possessions' -- Chapter five -- regional lordship in the central and eastern Highlands -- • Conflicting spheres of influence -- • Dominant influence of the Gordons earls of Huntly -- • 1609 and its impact at local level -- Chapter six -- conclusion -- List of chiefs -- Chronology -- Family trees -- • Grants of Freuchy -- • Mackintoshes of Dunachton -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
"This volume examines Highland society during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries highlighting the extent to which kinship and client age were organising principles with in clanship. Based on clans located in the central and eastern Highlands this study goes some way in addressing the imbalance in Highland historiography which hitherto has concentrated largely on the west Highlands and Islands. Focusing initially on internal clan structure, the study broadens into an analysis of local politics within the context of regional and national affairs, raising questions regarding the importance of land and the nature of lordship as well as emphasising the need for Highland history to be integrated further into broader studies of Scottish society during this period."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Aberdeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Clans -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 15th century
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Clans -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 16th century
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HISTORY.
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Clans
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Politics and government
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Clans.
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Regions & Countries - Europe.
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History & Archaeology.
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Great Britain.
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Clan
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| SUBJECT |
Scotland -- Politics and government -- 1371-1707. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118859
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Highlands (Scotland) -- History
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Scotland
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Scotland -- Highlands
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Highlands
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005058205 |
| ISBN |
9781435614888 |
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1435614887 |
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9047409191 |
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9789047409199 |
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