Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… Canada or the United States of America as well as in the novels by Sir Walter Scott, whose stories about them were fashionable among the high society of the time. 6 Their image changed as well when James Macpherson, a poet, claimed … was. Their critical testimonies were read in British sociable circles and participated in making tours of the Highlands fashionable. The Highland clubs and societies that emerged in the eighteenth century participated in the rehabilitation … asked all the clans to be presented to the king in their own tartan. The ceremony was such a success that it became a fashion for all rich Scottish families to create their own tartan. The ‘ union between the Highlands and the Lowlands was …
Clans | Clubs | Enlightenment | Highlands | Scotland | Tradition
Encyclopedia