TITLE:
Warriors of the word : the world of the Scottish Highlanders / Michael Newton.
Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
Edinburgh, Scotland : Birlinn Ltd.,
Physical Description:
424 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-418) and index.
Summary:
Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to counteract centuries of misrepresentation of the Highlands as a backwater of barbarism without a valid story of its own to tell.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841588261
