Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… Bull pays the piper!! Courtesy of the British Museum. Abstract This entry examines the social structures, manners and sociability of the Scottish clans during the long eighteenth century. It discusses the debates on their place in the … could force them into an autonomous self-dependent organisation and sometimes in to autarky, especially in winter. Sociability was limited to the everyday interaction with people at home and in the village. Travellers were few. The … and power. They modelled their system and social life on the ones of the British capitals of Edinburgh and London; sociability and politeness being key components of the lives of the local elites. As an expression of the gap existing …
Clans | Clubs | Enlightenment | Highlands | Scotland | Tradition
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