The Scottish Enlightenment
May 26, 2020
J. H. Elliott— When asserting their equality of status with English men and women in the British national enterprise, Scots in the 1760s and early 1770s could point to Scotland’s… READ MORE
Tag: Scotland
Balmoral Castle, Tourism, and Cultural Icons
September 22, 2015
Margot Maley– A few weeks ago, Queen Elizabeth began her summer holiday at Balmoral, the royal family’s Scottish estate. Located in the northeast of Scotland about an hour west of… READ MORE
Who Were the Highland Soldiers of the British Army?
August 13, 2015
Matthew P. Dziennik— Close your eyes and try to conjure an image of an eighteenth-century Highlander. What comes to mind? Barren glens populated by windswept warriors, clad from head to… READ MORE
After Bannockburn—After the Referendum: Robert the Bruce and the difficulties of Settlement
September 19, 2014
Michael Penman— Scotland’s medieval icons William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and their military encounters with England only occasionally reared their heads during the party leaders’ recent campaigning for and… READ MORE
What Does Independence Mean for Scotland and Britain?
September 16, 2014
James E. Cronin— Great Britain, the nation that teamed up with the United States to defeat Germany in two world wars and, after each, to do what it could to… READ MORE
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