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Humphry Clinker (1771) [ Places ]
… some of the most sensible men of this country, observing, at the same time, that if they would employ a few natives of England to teach the pronunciation of our vernacular tongue, in twenty years there would be no difference, in point of … and of London. The civil regulations of this kingdom and metropolis are taken from very different models from those of England, except in a few particular establishments, the necessary consequences of the union.—Their college of justice is … to the house of God.—Some of their churches have admitted such ornaments as would have excited sedition, even in England, a little more than a century ago; and Psalmody is here practised and taught by a professor from the cathedral of …
Fiction | Scotland | Correspondence | Architecture
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James, Duke of York and Albany (and court culture in Edinburgh) [ Aristocracy / Cities ]
… appeared, composed mainly of traders and merchants. With the trade charter given by James VI & I on his departure for England in 1603, Edinburgh had indeed increased both its trading rights and city boundaries, expanding its commercial … on the wealth of their clients. The richer the latter were, the better. However, the departure of the Stuart court for England deprived Edinburgh of its wealthiest clients. Those who stayed in Scotland or eventually came back, such as the … in October 1679, because of his declared Catholicism. Since the prince was facing controversies with the Parliament in England regarding his right to succeed his brother on the throne and as the Head of the Church of England, Charles …
Aristocracy | Catholicism | Court | Elite | Merchants | Patronage | Scotland
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Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… it assesses their influence and impact on both the Scottish Enlightenment and the evolution of Scotland’s relation with England during the first century of the British Union. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture … century and thanks, among others, to Sir Walter Scott’s defense of the idea of a complementarity between Scotland and England for the benefit of Great Britain , public opinion accepted the idea of a Scottish cultural specificity compatible … eat national dishes such as haggis and drink whisky during dedicated ceremonies. The same was actually also true in England with the Beefsteak Club , for instance. In both cases, the idea was either to mock the nationalist exaggerations …
Britishness | Enlightenment | Highlands | Scotland
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Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… most were Episcopalian, but the association of some of them to the Jacobite cause generalised the idea, especially in England, that they were all Catholics. The Catholic community had connections with the continent that fostered … anti-union supporters, even though this was true for only a minority. Letters and reports circulating in Scotland and England denounced the rebellious character of the Highlanders. Highlanders were keen to show their ‘loyalty’, even though … Monarchy, since they supported the direct heirs of their first common king, James VI of Scotland and I of England (1567/1603-1625). 5 Such views were challenged by unionists who saw loyalty to the Hanoverians as of paramount …
Clans | Clubs | Enlightenment | Highlands | Scotland | Tradition
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Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [ Clubs & Societies ]
… a chord in Scotland since the nation had relinquished its sovereignty for the sake of an incorporating union with England and Wales in 1707. William Smellie emphasized that it was possible ‘to call the attention of the Scots to the ancient honours and constitution of their independent monarchy’ since the union with England had been strengthened thanks to ‘a warm and mutual attachment to the same family and constitution’. (Smellie …
Collecting | Fellowship | Learned society | Museums | National Character | Scotland
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