Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… and the taming of their clans, became a great concern in the intellectual and scientific circles. Lectures and readings of letters and testimonies from travellers who went to these remote places would take place in the drawing rooms … modernization of the Highlands both by bringing Enlightenment ideas of improvements into these remote places and by spreading a positive image of them. For example, they launched projects for scientific enquiry into agricultural … 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 Development: A Note on the visit of George IV to Edinburgh …
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