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Presented by Neil Oliver, A History of Scotland is a television series first broadcast in November 2008 on BBC One Scotland and later shown UK-wide on BBC Two during January 2009. [1] The second series began on BBC One Scotland in early November 2009, with transmission at a later point on network BBC Two .
The Enlightenment culture was based on close readings of new books, and intense discussions which took place daily at such intellectual gathering places in Edinburgh as The Select Society and, later, The Poker Club, as well as within Scotland's ancient universities (St Andrews, Glasgow, Edinburgh, King's College, and Marischal College).
GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.
The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia , inhabited by the Picti , whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall .
The Battle of Largs (2 October 1263) was a battle between the kingdoms of Norway and Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde near Largs, Scotland.The conflict formed part of the Norwegian expedition against Scotland in 1263, in which Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway attempted to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the western seaboard of Scotland. [1]
Books about the history of Scotland. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Scottish chronicles (2 C, 13 P) Pages in category "History ...
She has written several books on medieval Scotland including the New History of Scotland book, Power and Propaganda, Scotland 1306-1488 at Edinburgh University Press. [4] In 2014 she was awarded a research medal for the Humanities and Creative Arts from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. [5] She won the Maclehose-Dickinson Essay Prize for 2003. [6]
Establishments in Scotland (5 C) Events in Scotland (15 C, 11 P) H. ... Pages in category "History of Scotland" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 ...