Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… of Christian Knowledge tried to limit its use in the Highlands by introducing a Bible in English and promoting educational classes in English. 4 Up until the end of the seventeenth century, the reputation of the Highland clans was … people needed to be educated in order to join the British civilised world. Their ignorance and unruly manners – lacking education and models of sociability to follow – were depicted as a threat to the Union. Their attachment to the Jacobite …
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