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Scotland in the early modern period

Index Scotland in the early modern period

Scotland in the early modern period refers, for the purposes of this article, to Scotland between the death of James IV in 1513 and the end of the Jacobite risings in the mid-eighteenth century. [1]

21 relations: Beaton medical kindred, Bute witches, Christmas in Scotland, Christmas traditions, Commonwealth and Protectorate, Dirk, Dundee, Golf in Scotland, Government in early modern Scotland, Handfasting (Neopaganism), Historical fencing in Scotland, History of agriculture in Scotland, Isobel Gowdie, Jenny Wormald, John Duncan Mackie, Origins of the Kingdom of Alba, Portrait painting in Scotland, Scottish clan, Scottish society in the early modern era, Scottish trade in the early modern era, Trinity House of Leith.

Beaton medical kindred

The Beaton medical kindred, also known as Clann Meic-bethad and Clan MacBeth, and by the Gaelic surnames MacBeatha, MacBeathad, and MacBhethad, was a Scottish kindred of professional physicians who practised medicine in the classical Gaelic tradition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era.

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Bute witches

The Bute witches were six Scottish women accused of witchcraft and interrogated in the parish of Rothesay on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–62.

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Christmas in Scotland

Prior to the Reformation of 1560, Christmas in Scotland, then called Yule (alternative spellings include Yhoill, Yuil, Ȝule and Ȝoull; see Yogh), was celebrated in a similar fashion to the rest of Catholic Europe.

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Christmas traditions

Christmas traditions vary from country to country.

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Commonwealth and Protectorate

The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-1660) refers to the republican governments of England, Scotland and Ireland during the Interregnum between the reigns of the Stuart King Charles I (1625-1649) and his son King Charles II (1660-1685).

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Dirk

A dirk is a long thrusting dagger.

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Dundee

Dundee (Dùn Dè) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom.

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Golf in Scotland

Golf in Scotland was first recorded in the 15th century, and the modern game of golf was first developed and established in the country.

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Government in early modern Scotland

Government in early modern Scotland included all forms of administration, from the crown, through national institutions, to systems of local government and the law, between the early sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth century.

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Handfasting (Neopaganism)

Handfasting is a rural folkloric and neopagan custom, initially found in western European countries, in which a couple hold a commitment ceremony.

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Historical fencing in Scotland

There is some evidence on historical fencing as practiced in Scotland in the Early Modern Era, especially fencing with the Scottish basket-hilted broadsword during the 17th to 18th centuries.

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History of agriculture in Scotland

The history of agriculture in Scotland includes all forms of farm production in the modern boundaries of Scotland, from the prehistoric era to the present day.

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Isobel Gowdie

Isobel Gowdie was a Scottish woman who confessed to witchcraft at Auldearn near Nairn during 1662.

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Jenny Wormald

Jenny Wormald, HonFSA Scot (18 January 1942 – 9 December 2015) was a Scottish historian who studied late medieval and early modern Scotland.

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John Duncan Mackie

John Duncan Mackie CBE MC (1887–1978) was a distinguished Scottish historian who wrote a one-volume history of Scotland as well as several works on early modern Scotland.

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Origins of the Kingdom of Alba

The origins of the Kingdom of Alba pertain to the origins of the Kingdom of Alba, or the Gaelic Kingdom of Scotland, either as a mythological event or a historical process, during the Early Middle Ages.

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Portrait painting in Scotland

Portrait painting in Scotland includes all forms of painted portraiture in Scotland, from its beginnings in the early sixteenth century until the present day.

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Scottish clan

A Scottish clan (from Gaelic clann, "children") is a kinship group among the Scottish people.

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Scottish society in the early modern era

Scottish society in the early modern era encompasses the social structure and relations that existed in Scotland between the early sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth century.

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Scottish trade in the early modern era

Scottish trade in the early modern era includes all forms of economic exchange within Scotland and between the country and locations outwith its boundaries, between the early sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth.

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Trinity House of Leith

Trinity House, 99 Kirkgate, is a category A listed building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, which was a guild hall, customs house, and centre for maritime administration and poor relief.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_in_the_early_modern_period

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