Women of the Highlands by Katharine Stewart sampler
What was the crime of the last wich burnt in the Highlands? Which Jacobite lady led men to war while her Hanoverian husband stayed at home? Who were the first Highland women to be recorded in history? And how have wome's lives changed since medieval times? Katharine Stewart takes us to the heart of the Highlands in her history of the women who shaped this land and handed down the legends which have provided a rich vein of material for generations. From the women of the shielings to ladies at court, from bards to conservationists, authors to folk-singers, Women of the Highlands examines how the culture of the Highlands was created and passed down through the centuries, and how the tradition is continuing today.
What was the crime of the last wich burnt in the Highlands?
Which Jacobite lady led men to war while her Hanoverian husband stayed at home?
Who were the first Highland women to be recorded in history?
And how have wome's lives changed since medieval times?
Katharine Stewart takes us to the heart of the Highlands in her history of the women who shaped this land and handed down the legends which have provided a rich vein of material for generations. From the women of the shielings to ladies at court, from bards to conservationists, authors to folk-singers, Women of the Highlands examines how the culture of the Highlands was created and passed down through the centuries, and how the tradition is continuing today.
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chronology<br />
1911 Journal <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Folk-Song Society published<br />
Frances Tolmie’s collection <strong>of</strong> Gaelic songs<br />
1914–1918 First World War<br />
1924 Frances Tolmie becomes honorary member<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Royal Celtic Society for services to<br />
Gaelic learning<br />
1927 Frances Tolmie died<br />
1930 Highland Exhibition held in Inverness<br />
1939–1945 Second World War<br />
1944 ‘Am Fasgadh’ Folk Museum opened<br />
c. 1950 Power is generated<br />
1956 Dr Isabel Frances Grant received <strong>the</strong> mbe<br />
1966 Highland Folkways <strong>by</strong> Isabel Frances Grant<br />
published<br />
1981 Isle <strong>of</strong> Canna given to <strong>the</strong> National Trust for<br />
Scotland<br />
1983 Dr Isabel Frances Grant died<br />
c. 1990 on Telecommunications develop<br />
2004 Death <strong>of</strong> Margaret Fay Shaw<br />
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