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Feuds, Forays and Rebellions : History of the Highland Clans 1475-1625 / John L Roberts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748662449
  • 9781474472067
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Notes and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 'Wyld, Wykkyd Heland-Men' -- 2 Clan Donald in Rebellion -- 3 Headship of the Gael -- 4 Clan Donald in Ulster -- 5 Highland Feuds and Rebellions -- 6 Daunting of the Western Isles -- 7 Aggrandisement of the MacKenzies -- 8 Plantation of the Isles -- 9 Conflicts of the Northern Clans -- 10 Supremacy in the North -- 11 Persecution of Clan Gregor -- 12 Settlement of Territorial Disputes -- 13 The King's Peace -- Genealogical Tables -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Feuds, Forays and Rebellions is a history of the Highland Clans over the hundred and fifty years after the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, forfeited the Earldom of Ross in 1475. It describes the fragmentation of Clan Donald and its vassal kindreds as they resisted the impact of central authority, by James IV and his successors. Only by service to the Crown did the other leading families in the Highlands and Western Isles flourish and prosper until James VI of Scotland imposed apeace of sorts after the Union of the Crowns in 1603.Key FeaturesClear but comprehensive account of a complex period in Highland historyCharts the fortunes of all the major Highland clansSufficiently detailed and authoritative to be used as a valuable reference bookWritten in a lucid and entertaining style
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Notes and Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 'Wyld, Wykkyd Heland-Men' -- 2 Clan Donald in Rebellion -- 3 Headship of the Gael -- 4 Clan Donald in Ulster -- 5 Highland Feuds and Rebellions -- 6 Daunting of the Western Isles -- 7 Aggrandisement of the MacKenzies -- 8 Plantation of the Isles -- 9 Conflicts of the Northern Clans -- 10 Supremacy in the North -- 11 Persecution of Clan Gregor -- 12 Settlement of Territorial Disputes -- 13 The King's Peace -- Genealogical Tables -- Bibliography -- Index

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Feuds, Forays and Rebellions is a history of the Highland Clans over the hundred and fifty years after the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, forfeited the Earldom of Ross in 1475. It describes the fragmentation of Clan Donald and its vassal kindreds as they resisted the impact of central authority, by James IV and his successors. Only by service to the Crown did the other leading families in the Highlands and Western Isles flourish and prosper until James VI of Scotland imposed apeace of sorts after the Union of the Crowns in 1603.Key FeaturesClear but comprehensive account of a complex period in Highland historyCharts the fortunes of all the major Highland clansSufficiently detailed and authoritative to be used as a valuable reference bookWritten in a lucid and entertaining style

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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