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Castles of Aberdeenshire: Historical and Descriptive Notices (1887)
Sir Andrew Leith Hay
Castles of Aberdeenshire: Historical and Descriptive Notices (1887)
Sir Andrew Leith Hay
When first published, this 1887 volume was largely a reprint of "Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire" (1849), focussing on the 45 Castles featured as the centres of influence and action in a district rich in historic associations. Robert Bruce, Queen Mary, the Covenanters, the rising of 1715, and the Stuarts all feature in the accounts.
Marc Notes: ; 8; This title presents a history of the castles of Aberdeenshire, a region rich in historical associations.. Publisher Marketing: This 1887 volume is to a considerable extent a reprint of Sir Andrew Leith Hay's "Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire," published in 1849. The aim, throughout, has been to present, in brief compass, the more interesting points connected with the various centres of influence and action in a district peculiarly rich in historic associations. Around not a few of these old castles have gathered the forces on the issues of whose warfare the fortunes of families, and even the fate of dynasties, have turned. The wars of Robert Bruce, of Queen Mary, and of the Covenanters, had several of their most momentous conflicts within this region; it was here that the Jacobite rising of 1715 had its inception and first developments; and Aberdeenshire also had its share, though a secondary one, in the final struggle on behalf of the Stuarts in 1745. To name the battles of Inverurie and Barra, of Culblean and Harlaw, of Corrichie, Craibstane, and Tullyangus, of Aberdeen and Alford, is to enumerate so many of the landmarks of Scottish or local history. To these and many other events of a stirring epoch, the venerable strongholds whose configuration or remains are depicted in this volume, are intimately related.
Contributor Bio: Taylor, William William Taylor, a resident of the Waterberg region, is part of a consortium of conservationists set on preserving the natural splendor of the Waterberg.
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Publicado | 23 de agosto de 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781845301132 |
Editores | Zeticula Ltd |
Genre | Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) |
Páginas | 250 |
Dimensiones | 168 × 244 × 21 mm · 438 g |
Illustrator | Taylor, William |
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