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The invention of Scotland myth and history /

Main Author: Trevor-Roper, H. R. 1914-2003.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
National characteristics, Scottish > Historiography.
Scotland > Historiography.
Scotland > Civilization > Historiography.
Scotland > History.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10587838
Table of Contents:
  • The political myth. Scotia's rise to glory?
  • George Buchanan
  • Buchanan's nemesis
  • The literary myth. The search for a Celtic Homer
  • James Macpherson and Fingal
  • The controversy over Ossian
  • The sartorial myth. The coming of the kilt
  • The tartan.

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