Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… social structures, manners and sociability of the Scottish clans during the long eighteenth century. It discusses the debates on their place in the Scottish and British societies in the context of the Union of 1707 and of the Jacobite … The clans had the reputation of following different social rules. When Lowland societies and ladies in drawing-rooms debated on husbandry and the status of women, the Highland clans were referred to as societies apart. Marriages, for … improvement. They believed they could bring them to civilisation by placing them at the centre of Enlightenment debates meant to improve society in general. 6 . Further reading: Robert Withington, ‘Scott’s Contribution to pageantic …
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