Search results for "History of Scotland" - New World Encyclopedia
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- clergyman generally regarded as the founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church ... Irving is sometimes referred to as a forerunner of the Charismatic ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 23:44, 12 February 2024
- Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary, Queen of ... Palace, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland to King James V of Scotland ...19 KB (3,103 words) - 16:03, 7 November 2022
- by habit and repute is, historically, a form of interpersonal status in which ... However, common-law marriage is becoming a thing of the past. It is ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 00:09, 8 January 2024
- |birth_place = Westerkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom ... |institutions = Institution of Civil Engineers |practice_name = ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 22:56, 30 April 2023
- generally followed the comedic misadventures of well-meaning but unscrupulous ... Smollett was born at Dalquhurn, now part of Renton, in present-day ...10 KB (1,464 words) - 03:51, 1 May 2023
- who is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and the best known ... William Wordsworth, Burns is perhaps one of the most enduringly popular ...16 KB (2,543 words) - 03:14, 15 December 2022
- the one food which most represents Scotland. Traditionally, the haggis ... The haggis is an example of human ingenuity in using every part of ...18 KB (2,829 words) - 16:42, 21 January 2024
- poet, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems. ... Malcolm Laing, in an appendix to his History of Scotland (1800), propounded ...12 KB (1,859 words) - 16:03, 8 February 2023
- and educationalist who advanced the study of psychology with his work on ... For 20 years Bain was professor of logic and English literature at ...14 KB (2,073 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- Britannica and his book Religion of the Semites (1889), which is ... in religion and God's work in human history. His desire was to open ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 10:46, 12 May 2023
- saint, sometimes referred to as Columba of Iona, or, in Old Irish, as ... Columba) was born to Fedlimid and Eithne of the Uí Néill clan in Gartan ...21 KB (3,411 words) - 19:21, 22 December 2022
- Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay ... opportunity to understand the lives of our remote ancestors. Its importance ...24 KB (3,569 words) - 22:43, 29 January 2023
- tragic but also iconic moment in the history of Scotland, a lesson in what ... accepted the invitation to take the throne of the Kingdom of England. The ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 7 November 2022
- The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in ... The Glorious Revolution also saw a partnership of husband and wife ...16 KB (2,559 words) - 18:55, 31 December 2023
- Mary II (April 30, 1662 – December 28, 1694) reigned as Queen of ... William III, who became the sole ruler of both countries upon her death ...22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:05, 16 December 2022
- and unity: Scotland, 1000-1306. (New history of Scotland, 2) Toronto: University ... men: Scotland, AD 80-1000. (The New history of Scotland, 1.) London, UK: E ...30 KB (4,672 words) - 14:58, 12 March 2023
- The unicorn, a legendary creature usually depicted with the body of ... thumb|right|300px| Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan was an officer ... Buchan was the eldest child in the family of four sons and one surviving ...18 KB (2,741 words) - 04:22, 3 August 2022
- Rosslyn Chapel, properly named the Collegiate Church of St Matthew ... Built 150 years after the dissolution of the Knights Templar, the structure ...15 KB (2,311 words) - 22:26, 16 December 2022
- he is often mentioned as the associate of Jeremy Bentham and as the father ... James Mill was born April 6, 1773, at Northwater Bridge, in the parish ...11 KB (1,705 words) - 08:37, 1 April 2024
