Tain Through the Centuries - Softcover

Munro, R.W.; Munro, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841583383 ISBN 13: 9781841583389

Verlag: Birlinn Ltd, 2005

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The Royal Burgh of Tain, in Easter Ross, has a long and varied history, reaching back to the sanctuary associated with St Duthac and its early trading privileges traditionally bestowed by Malcolm Canmore. A collegiate church was established there by James III, with the sanction of the Pope, and it was a place of yearly pilgrimage by James IV. The burgh's royal connections were sustained through charters bestowed by James VI and Charles II. The history of Tain is fully and vividly communicated through this reprinted edition, originally commissioned for the 900th anniversary celebrations in June 1966. The book brings together research from national and local records resulting in a fresh examination of Tain's claim to antiquity. The development of the town, including its clan and political rivalries, changes in church and state, and social and economical conditions form the background of this unique story, in which well- known figures such as Montrose, Charles James Fox and Andrew Carnegie rub shoulders with a host of local personalities. Tain Through the Centuries examines in detail local matters like the positions of the four girth or sanctuary crosses and the route of the burgh marches yet strives to set these issues against a wider sphere of national events, aiming to illustrate Scotland's history through its impact on a small rural community remote from the centre of affairs. Tain Through the Centuries is a fascinating portrait of a fiercely proud area, an essential read for those interested in the development of the royal and ancient burghs of Scotland and in the history of the Highlands. R.W. and Jean Munro have a strong combined knowledge of Tain, drawing from published and unpublished sources and supplementing this with a special study of the burgh and national records.

Biografía del autor:

R.W. 'Billy' Munro was born in Ross-shire and was a journalist for The Scotsman. For a few years in the 1960s edited the Highland News in Inverness. On retirement, he was well known for being an author of books on Scottish history and clans. With his wife, Jean, he also wrote a large selection of books, including Scottish Lighthouses and Acts of the Lords of the Isles 1336-1493. R.W. Munro died in 2003. Jean Munro was brought up in London by Scottish parents and studied at the university there before embarking on PhD studies at Edinburgh University. She has served as Chairman of the Scottish History Society, the Scottish Local History Forum, and the Scottish Genealogy Society. She was also a member of the Executive Council of the National Trust for Scotland for fifteen years. She is at present a Vice President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Historian of the Clan Chisholm Society.

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• Verlag: Birlinn Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1841583383
• ISBN 13: 9781841583389
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 140