Scottish Highlands

No other book had influenced adults and children equally as much as Harry Potter series did in the last two decades. A boy with a scar on his forehead, with his faith as distressful as possible. A school located in Scottish Highlands which happens to be the best school of witchraft and wizardry in the world. Harry Potter is the impeccable protagonist of the society we live in. According to the outstanding writer John Granger, the use of alchemical symbolism in conjuction with a ring…

until the 20th century did it become clear that the Nile is part of a vast river system with dozens of tributaries, streams, and lakes, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the remote mountains of Burundi, in tropical central Africa, and to the highlands of Ethiopia,…

Medieval Weaponry Research Assignment By Kaelen Ruddell 01/04/16 Year 8 SOSE Assignment Semester 1 Term 1 Types of Medieval Swords: 1. Arming Swords 2. Broad Swords 3. Falchions 4. Long Swords 1. Definition of a “Sword”: a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard, used for thrusting or striking and now typically worn as part of ceremonial dress. 1) Arming Swords: The Arming sword (commonly known as the knight’s sword) is a single hand cruciform sword of the high…

William Wallace was a brave warrior, fighting the English for the freedom of the Scots. Starting with only a small militia, Wallace's supporting forces grew to a full-blown army taking back Scotland and ravaging the English North. Wallace’s leadership contributed immensely through many overwhelming victories for Scotland’s independence and for the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328, the document giving the scots their freedom, 23 years after his death. Even today, almost…

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Readers, who would likely by unaccustomed to the Scottish High and Lowlands even in literature are slowly inducted to these settings alongside an equally unacquainted protagonist, making the transition smoother. Also, as Waverley is established, in this coming-of-age manner, as a dreamer with a love for descriptive fiction, the elaborate descriptions of the Scottish settings are soundly accepted by readers. Scott’s use of the Bildungsroman conventions establish…

British Isles during this period? Robert I of Scotland was born July 11, 1274 in Turnberry Castle. He was born into an aristocratic Scottish family. His family was from Scots, Gaelic, and English elite. The Gaelic comes from his mother Marjorie of Carrick. Marjorie was an heir to a Gaelic earldom. Robert was remotely related to the Scottish royal family. His grandfather was one of the applicants to the throne during a dispute in 1290-1292. Robert de Brus of Annandale who is…

called a Council of War. The Scottish knight, Richard Lundie - fighting for the English - was quoted as saying, “My Lords, if we go on to the bridge we are dead men.” (Education Scotland: The Battle of Stirling Bridge), Cressingham urged Warrene to cross the bridge and kill the Scots, then and there. In the coming hours, the English cavalry slowly crossed the bridge accompanied by foot soldiers and bowmen. The Scots saw their moment to strike and took it; the Scottish commanders sent down…

as a threatening force. For something to be considered threatening, it must invoke fear, and since fear is subjective, one can conclude that monsters are subjective. We can see this subjectivity across several cultures. For example, in the Scottish Highlands there is ancient myth of a giant sea serpent who consumed those who swam to far into the loch. While this would be terrifying to those who lived in the area, to a child in England or America this ‘Loch-Ness monster’ would not be a threat…

I learned the importance of spreading information in the Scottish Highlands. I was 15, the summer after my freshman year in high school when and my parents shipped me off to language summer camp. I was going to be the only American enrolled in the camp, the others coming from the UK, Spain, France, and Germany. I arrived jet lagged, in a place filled with rugged accents. I was worried I would be nowhere near as cosmopolitan or cultured as my multi-lingual fellow campers. Yet when we all started…