ISBN: 1842051725
Godina izdanja: 2002
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

David Ross - Scotland - History of a Nation
Geddes & Grosset, 2002
384 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

Scotland has always done things its own way, and that is what makes the country`s history so interesting. More than four thousand years ago, its Stone Age inhabitants were among the most advanced builders of Europe. About two thousand years ago, the Romans decided it was wiser to build a wall than attempt conquest. A thousand years ago, Scotland was one of the first medieval European kingdoms to emerge as a political unity from the Dark Ages. The descendants of those first Scots still inhabit the country. This original and immensely readable history charts the long, painful, sometimes tragic, often inspiring process that has formed the Scottish people of today. It reveals how the Scots` sense of nationhood has always been under test and how that pressure has shaped the ways in which they see themselves and are seen by others. A special and unique feature are the `fact windows` in the text. They light up many fascinating aspects of the national story not normally covered in history books and present a range of outstanding people who at different times have played a part in Scotland`s life and still-evolving history.

Contents:
1. Scotland through the rear-view mirror
2. Back to the beginning
3. The Celtic kings
4. The Scoto-Norman kingdom
5. The struggle for survival
6. Confirmation of the kingdom
and a new War of Independence
7. The Stewart Kings: from Robert II to James III
8. Scotland reformed: James IV to James VI
9. From 1603 to the Union
10. From Union to Empire, 1707-1799
11. The nineteenth century
12. The nineteenth century and beyond
A chronology of Scotland


Nonfiction, History, 1842051725