Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]
… 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 also one of cattle-thieves and uncivilised groups of people hidden in the most … had been an early attempt to ‘ civilise ‘ them. With the exile of the Stuarts to the continent in 1688, their reputation became one of rebels, Jacobites and anti-union supporters, even though this was true for only a minority. … clubs and societies, schools and roads were financed to link these remote regions to ‘civilisation'. The clans had the reputation of following different social rules. When Lowland societies and ladies in drawing-rooms debated on husbandry …
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