The Place of Names in Hebridean Settlement History
Alan Macniven
This book challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of Viking settlement in the Inner Hebrides and will be of interest to researchers, students and amateur historians of Place-Name Studies, Viking Studies, Scottish Medieval History, Scottish Studies and Scandinavian Cultural History.
In this ground-breaking study of the medieval parliament, Roland Tanner gives the Scottish Parliament a human face by examining the actions and motives of those who attended.
A popular idea of the Irish in Scotland has been that they were used as strike breakers during the first half of the 19th century. This book argues that the Irish had been involved in the struggle for political change since as early as 1797.
The Glasgow Enlightenment is widely regarded as the first book to explore the nature and accomplishments of the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Glasgow in a comprehensive manner. This edition features a new bibliographical preface by Richard B. Sher.
The essays in this book, all by distinguished historians, illuminate the main activities, preoccupations and aspirations of the families whose territorial power and local leadership made them a central factor in medieval Scottish society.
The end of the First Civil War was the prelude to a new conflict, which left the Kirk triumphant for the time being and the state its servant. This poses vital questions. Who were the ministers and elders who ruled the Church of Scotland? What was the nature of the Scottish Revolution? This book draws on many sources to answer...
Works on Scottish church history have sometimes been described as parochial, partisan, outdated or unscholarly. John McIntosh remedies this. He diverts attention from the Moderate Party in the eighteenth century, with its focus on the small group of Edinburgh literati, to the unexpectedly broad-based Popular Party, which opposed patronage in the Church of Scotland and included all shades of theological...
A brand new novella from Denzil Meyrick, author of the global bestselling DCI Daley detective series, this ia an entertaining adventure story with two unlikely heroes at the helm, perfect for fans of Para Handy.
A stand-alone thriller from the author of the bestselling DCI Daley Series
Denzil Meyrick
Stand alone novel from the author of the bestselling DCI Daley Series.
Gangs of London meets The Sopranos. Terms of Restitution is a thrilling gangland tale of shifting alliances and deceit, punctuated by the real family problems that we all face and underpinned by Meyrick’s trademark dark humour throughout.
A brand new short novel from Denzil Meyrick, author of the global bestselling DCI Daley detective series. This is the second tale from Kinloch, a series of nostalgic, humorous stories for fans of classic Scottish fiction like Neil Munro's Para Handy.
In this profound new book, Alastair McIntosh explores the science, psychology and spirituality of climate change. He summarises the up-to-date science and shows the damage caused both by climate-change denial as well as exaggeration. In outlining the technological and policy options to cut greenhouse gases, he argues that neither will be anywhere near sufficient unless we grasp the ‘twin drivers’...
Here at last is a simple pocket guide to Scotlands rich tapestry of names. From Eass Forss (Waterfall Waterfall!) to Edinburgh (The Fort of Eidyn) for the first time in one place we have a simple reckoner to where means what with derivations. Packed with information this is an essential short guide by an expert to the names that shaped...
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