- Taschenbuch: 480 Seiten
- Verlag: Fourth Estate; Auflage: New Ed (2. Januar 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1841152765
- ISBN-13: 978-1841152769
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,6 x 12,8 x 3,6 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 174.656 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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'Herman's book tells an exciting story with gusto ! entertaining and illuminating.' Jenny Uglow, Sunday Times 'Stimulating. A work which deserves to be bought by any interested reader.' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph 'Compulsively readable.' Paul Henderson Scott, Sunday Herald 'Herman carries his thesis off with brio.' Arnold Kemp, Observer 'A sparkling book. Herman argues his case with an impressive accumulation of evidence.' New Statesman
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This book repositions the Scots at the heart of the development of the western world. "Every Scot should read it" Irvine Welsh.
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'Enlightened' Men?
28. November 2010
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The errors concerning the Scottish Highlands are too many to enumerate. Anecdotes are related as though they were real history. A female visitor scolds a Highlander for not helping his wife plough the land; he responds he couldn't because he was a gentleman. In Gaelic the word for gentleman and nobleman is the same -- duine uasal. Nobility was dependant on blood, not a feudal title so gentlemen could be quite poor. The anecdote could have been explained to show the differences between Highlands and Lowlands in this period. The story about Big Archie MacPhail who killed a man over a misunderstanding caused by the language barrier is written in a biased manner. I assume it was meant to be humorous.
Drumossie Moor is not in Aberdeenshire; it's in Inverness-shire, to use the historical terms for
the regions. The author used 'plaid' instead of 'tartan' to refer to the pattern of cheques. Should a book
on Scotland follow Scottish usage? I think so.
'Sorning' is to impose 'oneself on another for bed and board' (Jamieson's Dictionary); Herman spelled it
'scorning' and gave the Lowland explanation. Lowlanders hated the old custom because it enabled chiefs to maintain an army at little cost; the Jacobite rebellions would not have been possible without it. The Gaelic term is 'buannachas', giving free quarters to soldiers instead of paying rent.
This is truly a 'popular' history in the sense that the author hasn't given footnotes and is, therefore, able to say what he likes. He has absorbed the prejudices of the 'Enlightened' men of the Lowlands. An essential book
for understanding this author's interpretation of Scottish history is William Ferguson's 'The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest'.
Drumossie Moor is not in Aberdeenshire; it's in Inverness-shire, to use the historical terms for
the regions. The author used 'plaid' instead of 'tartan' to refer to the pattern of cheques. Should a book
on Scotland follow Scottish usage? I think so.
'Sorning' is to impose 'oneself on another for bed and board' (Jamieson's Dictionary); Herman spelled it
'scorning' and gave the Lowland explanation. Lowlanders hated the old custom because it enabled chiefs to maintain an army at little cost; the Jacobite rebellions would not have been possible without it. The Gaelic term is 'buannachas', giving free quarters to soldiers instead of paying rent.
This is truly a 'popular' history in the sense that the author hasn't given footnotes and is, therefore, able to say what he likes. He has absorbed the prejudices of the 'Enlightened' men of the Lowlands. An essential book
for understanding this author's interpretation of Scottish history is William Ferguson's 'The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest'.
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6. Juli 2010
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This is a fantastic book. The Scottish Enlightenment is greatly overlooked by most historians and professors. This book gives a great look at the Scottish Enlightenment, and its influence on the rest of the world. If you are interested in the Enlightenment, this is a must read. Understanding that Europe looked to Scotland in the late 18th century for what was civilization, you can see that France and England were not the only ones going through an Enlightenment, and they were not the most advanced during that time. Voltaire once said "We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation." It should be noted that it is the exact same book as How the Scots Invented the Modern World, apparently the US title.
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