Bygone Scotland: Historical and SocialMaxwell, David
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Bygone Scotland: Historical and Social
Maxwell, David
Scotland -- History
Cromwell in Scotland, 199;
wins battle of Dunbar, 200;
Scotland under, 206;
his latter days, 207;
his character, 207
Culdees, The, 33
Culloden, The Rebel army at, 298;
the battle, 299;
atrocities after the battle, 300
Cumberland, Duke of, follows retreat of Rebel army from Derby, 294;
marches against the Rebels, 297;
wins battle of Culloden, 299;
his savagery, 300
Cures from holy wells, 167
Dalrida, Scoto, Kingdom of, 31
Dalziel persecutes the Covenanters, 216
Danish invasions of Britain, The, 38
Darien Scheme, The, 270;
ends in disaster, 271
Darnley, Lord, marries Queen Mary, 107;
his murder, 108
David I., King, 58
Declaration of Indulgence, The, 248
Declaration of Rights, The, 258
“Defender of the Faith,” Title of, 87
Derby, March of Rebels to, 293;
retreat from, 294
Derwentwater, Earl of, raises a rebellion, 283
Dress regulations in Sixteenth Century, 150
Druidism in Britain, 13
Drumclog, Battle of, 223
Drummond, Sir William, 83;
his welcome of Charles I. to Edinburgh, 178
Drunkenness, Punishments for, 145
Dunbar, Battle of, 200
Dunbar’s description of pageant in Aberdeen, 153
Duncan, King, 55
Dundee, History of Old, 134;
Burgh Court records, 135;
offences and punishments, 136;
stormed by General Monk, 204
Dunottar Castle, Siege of, 128
Edgar the Peaceable, 42
Edinburgh, Old, 111;
a picturesque city, 112;
early history of, 112;
provisions against fire, 113;
early schools, 114;
after Flodden, 114;
Mary’s entrance into, 117;
quarrel of James VI. with, 120;
James revisits, 122;
resistance to episcopacy in, 182;
occupied by Prince Charles Edward, 292
Edinburgh Castle, 126;
an ancient royal residence, 127;
the regalia in, 127
Edward, King, the elder, 40
Edward the Confessor, 48
Edward I., arbitrator on claims to Scottish crown, 64;
decides for Baliol, 65;
conquers Scotland, 66;
his death, 68
Edward II. invades Scotland, 69;
is defeated at Bannockburn, 71
Effects, Administration of, 149
Elizabeth becomes Queen of England, 105;
her hatred of Mary, 106;
causes Mary’s execution, 109;
comparison of the two queens, 109
Ella, Landing of, 19
Emma, Queen, 46
England and Scotland, Strained relations between, 273;
Union of, 276
English, Preparation against attacks by the, 155
English Reformation, Causes of the, 86
English and Scottish Churches, Difference between, 90
English and Scottish Parliaments, Different constitution of, 74
Episcopacy introduced into Scotland by Charles I., 179
Ethelbert, Conversion of, 22
Ethelred the Unready, 44
Falkirk, Battle of, 299
Feudalism in Britain, 73
Field-preaching in Scotland, 214
Folk-speech, Scottish, 84
Foster, Mr., heads a Jacobite rising, 283
Gaelic language, The, 29
Geddes, Jenny, throws her stool, 180
George I., Accession of, 281
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