Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland .
A Scottish clan (from Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
Major political centres in early Medieval Scotland. In the centuries after the departure of the Romans from Britain, four major circles of influence emerged within the borders of what is now Scotland. In the east were the Picts, whose kingdoms eventually stretched from the river Forth to Shetland.
C. Clan Cairns; Clan Calder; Clan Cameron; Clan Campbell; Innis Chonnell; Clan Campbell of Cawdor; Clan Carmichael; Clan Carnegie; Clan Charteris; Clan Chattan; Clan ...
This category contains articles about notable families from Scotland. ... Scottish clans (97 C, 272 P) ... Medieval Scottish families (1 C, 2 P)
A Scottish clan (from Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon , which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms .
Margaret Tudor, praying before a vision of the Virgin and infant Christ, from Hours of James IV of Scotland, c. 1503. Medieval Scotland was a patriarchal society, where authority was invested in men and women had a very limited legal status. [67] How exactly patriarchy worked in practice is difficult to discern. [68]
Modern Scotland is half the size of England and Wales in area, but with its many inlets, islands and inland lochs, it has roughly the same amount of coastline at 4,000 miles. Only a fifth of Scotland is less than 60 metres above sea level. Its east Atlantic position means that it experiences heavy rainfall, especially in the west.