Scottish Studies 1B

Decline in politics as gov't becomes Anglicized in 1603 and 1707 Unions; decline due to printing of English books and Bible...

Children of Gaelic aristocrats were required to learn English, to bring the Highlands under closer gov't control

Alan Ramsay's collection of Scots songs;
edited to be less bawdy, more refined

father of modern geology

studied medicine and chemistry:
carbon dioxide (1750s); latent heat (1761)

David Herd's Scots songs collection; faithfully preserved originals from oral tradition and manuscript

beginning of modern economics

Patrick MacDonald's Gaelic songs collection

James Johnson's Scots songs collection

by Alexander Campbell; first to present words and music together

J.F. Campbell's first Gaelic folklore collection

emigration to Mainland Europe

area was returned to France

due to crop failure, new forms of land exploitation (sheep), agricultural improvements

in Howburn, Lanarkshire

Tombs and cairns

Found in Orkney, a small carving
dated between 3000 - 2500 BCE

8th century; an example of Insular Art Style

early 10th century, 12th century additions

early 13th century; written in Iceland; tells account of the history of the Earls of Orkney

First map of the British Isles; Scotland is still incomplete and inaccurate, especially north of Stirling

a flat, disc-like world, with British Isles at the very edge

Many maps of Scotland, detailed maps of smaller geographic areas

copied and complied Pont's maps (with some errors, esp. in copying place-names)

Mapping in the aftermath of the '45 Jacobite Revolt; authorities wanted detailed, up-to-date maps for military purposes; starting to be more systematic, using a consistent symbology

Maps for determining land ownership, and for aiding in agricultural improvements; detailed maps of small areas

Making new maps about every 10 years