The Invention of Scotland /
This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Hugh Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the "ancient constit...
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Editor's Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Scotia's Rise to Glory?
- 2. George Buchanan
- 3. Buchanan's Nemesis
- 4. The Search for a Celtic Homer
- 5. James Macpherson and Fingal
- 6. The Controversy over Ossian
- 7. The Coming of the Kilt
- 8. The Tartan
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index