Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… as a way to educate them as loyal Protestants, had been an early attempt to ‘ civilise ‘ them. With the exile of the Stuarts to the continent in 1688, their reputation became one of rebels, Jacobites and anti-union supporters, even though … ladies in drawing-rooms debated on husbandry and the status of women, the Highland clans were referred to as societies apart. Marriages, for example, were organized between two chiefs of two different clans or had to be authorized by the … 14, 108). Clans were broken. Many clansmen and clanswomen moved to the cities or emigrated to America. Some even participated to the imperial schemes of the East India company. Their (sometimes invented) folklore (kilts, bagpipes and …
Clans | Clubs | Enlightenment | Highlands | Scotland | Tradition
Encyclopedia