Medieval Scotland

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Web Name: Medieval Scotland

WebSite: http://medievalscotland.org

ID:88773

Keywords:

Medieval,Scotland,

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This is a collection of articles and resources aimed at anyone interested in Scotland between A.D. 500 and 1603, from about when the King of D l Riata moved from Ireland to Argyll to when King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne. Because medieval Scotland was not isolated from its surroundings in either space or time, there are also some articles concerning related regions and the focus time span is somewhat flexible.Some of the articles discuss not only what was done in Scotland in the Middle Ages but also how modern people might re-create aspects of medieval Scottish culture. While this may be of direct interest mainly to novelists and historical re-creators (such as those involved with battle re-enactment societies, renaissance fairs, or the SCA), this way of looking at things can also help clarify and illustrate actual medieval practice for anyone. The copyright of each article belongs to its author(s). Please do not copy or redistribute any of these files, in part or in whole, unless you have the permission of the copyright holder(s)! If quoting from any of these articles, it is your responsibility to understand and abide by the fair use doctrine of copyright law. The United States Copyright Office has more information about fair use and other copyright issues. Contact Information - Search Medieval Scotland Web Site Key to Date Colours: (New or Recently Updated) (Unchanged) History Scottish Medieval Bibliography A bibliography of web and paper published books and articles on various aspects of medieval Scotland, including general history, Gaelic Scotland, The War of Independence (1296-1328), languages, towns, and handfasting and marriage. The Literature and Published Primary Sources sections in particlar have a number of links to texts available online. (27 Mar 2004) Scottish Names Resources Pointers to various resources for Scottish names and names from related cultures. (3 May 2007) Problem Names The articles in the Problem Names Project discuss various names andnaming practices about which there are common misconceptions concerningtheir use in the Middle Ages or Renaissance. For example, some names andnaming practices that many people today believe to be medieval arepurely modern. Other names and naming practices which were used in onemedieval culture are now mistakenly believed to have been used inothers. Other common misconceptions concern the medieval pronunciationof a name or whether it was used by men or women in the Middle Ages. Ifthere are common misconceptions about any aspect of the pre-1600 use of aname or naming practice, it may be a Problem Name . (23 Jul 2010) Scottish Clothing Resources Various articles and resources regarding clothing in premodern Scotland, including a project listing the evidence available for historical Scottish clothing, basic introductions to fundamental issues concerning re-creating both women's and men's clothing, and a discussion of the evidence for plaids worn belted. (29 Jun 2005) Languages The Languages section of the Scottish Medieval Bibliography lists both web and paper published resources for the different languages that were spoken at one time or another during the Middle Ages in the area that is now Scotland. (29 Nov 2006) The Literature section of the Scottish Medieval Bibliography includes links to online works of medieval Scottish literature (mainly poems in Middle Scots, a language related to Middle English, including Barbour's Bruce). (2 Jan 2002) The Pont Maps Web Site Zoomable images of the earliest surviving detailed maps of Scotland, made by Timothy Pont c. 1583-c.1596. (added 28 Dec 2001) Maps from the Collections of The National Library of Scotland Zoomable images of a large collection of historical maps of Scotland from 1560 to 1769. (added 28 Dec 2001) 19th Century Maps Old-Maps.co.uk Searchable zoomable versions of the UK Ordnance Survey County Series 1:10,560 scale First Edition maps, surveyed from 1846-1899. Not all places shown in the maps show up in the search, however it seems to include only villages, towns, and cities, but not geographical features or regions. Has links to Ordnance Survey Get-a-map, so you can find an area in the 19th century map and then see a corresponding area of a modern map. (added 28 Dec 2001) Modern Maps Ordnance Survey Get-a-map Searchable zoomable versions of the UK Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale maps. Not all places shown in the maps show up in the search, however it seems to include only villages, towns, and cities, but not geographical features or regions. Has links to Old-Maps.co.uk, so you can find an area in the modern map and then see a corresponding area of a 19th century map. (added 28 Dec 2001) Streetmap.co.uk Searchable zoomable maps of the UK based on Bartholomew and Ordnance Survey data. Has many more places included in searches than either Ordnance Survey Get-a-map or Multimap.com, including geographical features (but not regions). Also lists all matches found in a search, not just the first 10 or 15. (added 28 Dec 2001) Multimap.com Searchable zoomable maps of the UK based on Ordnance Survey data. Appears to have 1:25,000 scale maps and more places included in searches than at Ordnance Survey Get-a-map, though not as many as Streetmap.co.uk. (added 28 Dec 2001) Image Maps Coloured and Hillshaded LANDMAP DEM - Scotland at The Landmap Project. A map of Scotland showing elevation by color. (added 21 Jul 2003) Gazetteer for Scotland Searchable geographical database, primarly geared towards modern Scotland. (added 3 Jan 2002)

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Resources for Scottish medieval names, clothing, history, and literature, as well as a bibliography of books and articles about Scotland in the Middle Ages, including such topics as handfasting, kilts, William Wallace, and Robert Bruce.

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