Bygone Scotland: Historical and SocialMaxwell, David
History
Bygone Scotland: Historical and Social
Maxwell, David
Scotland -- History
Glasgow, General assembly in, 182;
fined by Prince Charles Edward, 296
Glencoe, Massacre of, 264;
resolution on by the Scottish estates, 269
Godwin, Earl, 48;
his banishment, 49;
his return, 50
Graham of Claverhouse, 223
Grampians, Battle of the, 5
Halley, General, defeated at Falkirk, 297
“Hand-fasting” in Scotland, 173
Hardicanute, King, 47
Harold, Earl, maltreated by William of Normandy, 50;
his high character, 51;
chosen king, 52;
defeats the Norsemen at Stamford Bridge, 53;
defeated and slain at Hastings, 54
Hastings, Battle of, 54
Henry VIII., his domestic history, 86;
his evil character, 87;
effects the English Reformation, 88;
demands Mary for his son’s wife, 102
Heptarchy, The Anglo-Saxon, 21
Heresy (Lutheran), Act of Parliament against, 155
Highlanders mode of fighting, 261;
advance into England, 293;
in retreat, 294
“Highland Host, The,” 220
Highlands long disorderly, 76;
under General Wade, 289
Holyrood, History of, 129;
Queen Mary’s apartments in, 130;
gallery of ancient kings in, 35;
the church, 132
Holy Wells in Scotland, 166;
associated with certain saints, 167;
pilgrimages to, 167;
at St. Fillans, 168;
at Musselburgh, 168;
at Muthill near Crieff, 169;
at Strathnaven, 169;
at Spa near Aberdeen, 170;
pilgrimages to denounced by the Strathbogie Presbytery, 170
Ill-fame, Houses of, forbidden, 148
Images in churches, Demolition of, 99
Immorality, Penalties for, 145
Indulgence, Declaration of, 248
Inverness occupied by the rebels, 297
Iona, Historical importance of, 33
Ireland, The old races in, 30;
Patrick’s mission in, 32
Irish troops in London, 252
Jacobite risings in 1715, 279
James I., his high character, 78;
a poet, 82;
his wise laws, 113
James III. patronises poets, 129
James IV. and Sir David Lindsay, 130;
his entry with his queen into Edinburgh, 114;
into Aberdeen, 153
James V. dying at Mary’s birth, 102
James VI., proclaimed king, 118;
supposed to be under witchcraft, 161;
quarrels with Edinburgh, 120;
becomes James I. of England, 122;
revisits Edinburgh, 123;
his method of arguing with the Puritans, 185
James, Duke of York, fights the Dutch at sea, 236;
in Scotland, 230;
as king attempts to re-establish popery, 242;
issues the declaration of indulgence, 248;
sends seven bishops to the Tower, 249;
has a son born, 250;
retracts unpopular measures, 253;
his flight, 255;
his throne declared vacant, 257;
Scotland under, 246
James the Pretender joins the rising of 1715, 284;
makes arrangements for his coronation, 284;
deserts his adherents, 286
Jeffreys, the infamous Judge, 232, 238
Jougs, The, 149
Justice, Good, done in Burgh Courts, 135
Jutes first landing in Britain, 17
Kenneth Macalpine, King of Scots, 36
Killiecrankie, Battle of, 261
“Kings’ Quhair, The,” 81
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