Scotland under the rule of Alexander III
The eight-year-old Alexander III had been king for only a few days when two factions began to struggle for control...
The eight-year-old Alexander III had been king for only a few days when two factions began to struggle for control...
Henry’s heir was a swarthy giant of 6ft 2in, as Provencal (through his mother) as he was Plantagenet. Edward I...
The centre of administration of the Pictish kingdom in the 9th century was Forteviot on the River Earn. Close by...
By the time Victoria became queen of Great Britain in 1837 the powers of the monarch were much more restricted...
In 1449 James II of Scotland was nineteen and he began to assert himself and moved against his erstwhile Guardian,...
The Romans classified some fifteen tribes in the north and loosely identified the territories they occupied. They also observed that...
In the 1840s and 1850s the population was swelled by a great influx of Irish from all the provinces of...
While plaids are certainly an ancient Scottish tradition,the idea of clans having their own tartan is surprisingly modern. In 1829...
James IV‘s love life was no secret to his people. Marion Boyd had borne him a son in 1493. Margaret...
Communal games involving men and older boys ranged up and down the streets of many towns and can still be...