A History of Scotland

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1、AHISTORYOFSCOTLANDCoveringastaggeringperiodfromthePictishpeoplesandtheirsymbolstonestomoderndevolution,MitchisonsabsorbingnarrativeremainstheclassicintroductiontoScottishhistory.Thisbeautifullywrittentextcoversthekeysocialandpoliticalaspectsofthegrowthofthisnation,andcomprisesculturalsystemsof

2、thoughtsuchasearlywitchcraftbeliefsandtheScottishEnlightenment.AHistoryofScotlandispackedfulloffamouspeopleandevents,including:•therebellionsofRoberttheBruceandWilliamWallisintheearlyfourteenthcentury•thefalloftheBlackDouglasesin1455•theBattleofFloddenin1513•theruleofMaryQueenofScotsandherexec

3、utionin1587•BonniePrinceCharlieandthesecondJacobiteRebellionin1745•theliteratureofRobertBurnsandSirWalterScott.NowwithanewintroductionbytheauthorandanepiloguebyDavidMcCrone,thiswide-ranginganduniqueaccountremainsoneofthefinesthistoriesofScotland.AHistoryofScotlandThirdEditionRosalindMitchisonL

4、ONDONANDNEWYORKFirstpublishedin1970byMethuen&Co.LtdSecondedition1982SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001Thirdeditionfirstpublished2002RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2005.“Topurchaseyour

5、owncopyofthisoranyofTaylor&FrancisorRoutledge’scollectionofthousandsofeBookspleasegotowww.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”©1970,1982,2002RosalindMitchisonEpilogue©2002DavidMcCroneAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,no

6、wknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataAc

7、atalogrecordforthisbookhasbeenrequestedISBN0-203-41271-0Mastere-bookISBNISBN0-203-72095-4(AdobeeReaderFormat)ISBN0-415-27880-5(PrintEdition)ToMurdoch,whosawthiscomingbeforeIdid.ContentsAuthor’snoteviiiIntroductionx1.Before110012.1100–12