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A History of Clan Campbell

- From Flodden to the Restoration
Engelsk Hardback

A History of Clan Campbell

- From Flodden to the Restoration
Engelsk Hardback

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Volume 1 of this history ended with the chief and his followers dead on Flodden field. Volume 2 describes the Clan''s recovery. Within five years Colin, 3rd Earl, was Vice-Regent and Lieutenant of the kingdom. Within five decades the Clan had extended their possessions to the Western Isles, reinforced their Highland dominance, and become the most powerful family in the nation. How they managed to remain so for a century and a half, despite everything history could throw at them, is the subject of Alastair Campbell''s fascinating, vivid and well-paced narrative.Religious conflict in Scotland during almost the whole of the period was devastating. The Crown vacillated between Reformed, Episcopal, and Catholic doctrine whether it was based in Edinburgh or, after 1603, in London. With one exception by contrast the Campbell chiefs held firm to the Protestant Reformation. In 1556 Colin, 4th Earl, invited John Knox to preach at Inveraray; 90 years later Archibald, 8th Earl and first Marquess of Argyll, led th
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
338
ISBN-13:
9781902930183
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1902930185
Udg. Dato:
11 jun 2002
Længde:
27mm
Bredde:
244mm
Højde:
162mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
11 jun 2002
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