Why clan history still matters in modern Scotland

From: The Scotsman | Date: November 27, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

WHAT'S in a name? If the name happens to be affiliated to a Scottish clan, the answer is an unparalleled connection to history, geography, literature and romance.

The origins of the clan system may be lost in the mists of the political turmoil and social opportunism of medieval Scotland. They may have been fictionalised in the 19th century and exploited in the 20th. But the clans - with their individual characteristics, traditions and legends - have survived the Jacobite rebellion, the Act of Union, two world wars, membership of the European Union, the breakdown of the nuclear family and the ...

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