Women of Scotland
Autor David R. Rossen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2010
Exploring the fascinating stories of Scotland’s women, the late David R Ross’s last book goes further than repeating the well-known biographies of famous women such as Mary, Queen of Scots. Instead, Ross regales us with the tales surrounding these historical figures; strange and exciting stories of royalty, witches, peasants and revolutionaries.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781906817572
ISBN-10: 190681757X
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 16pp colour section
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: LUATH PRESS LTD
ISBN-10: 190681757X
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 16pp colour section
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: LUATH PRESS LTD
Recenzii
‘No man loved his country more and he made sure everybody knew it with an incredible passion for both its history and its future.’ DAVID R ROSS WEBSITE REVIEWER QUOTED IN BBC NEWS
‘David Ross is not a man who takes the history of his country idly.' He goes out and grabs his history by the scruff of it’s, too often, as he would see it, coiffured neck.’ THE FRASERBURGH HERALD’
'A wonderful book, written in Davie's usual inimitable style. I felt that he was right there speaking to me through the words and that was both a sad and lovely thing.' - FIONA WATSON
Notă biografică
The late David R Ross was a prolific author and motorcycle historian. Before his tragic passing in January this year, his spare time was spent travelling around historic sites, battlefields and castles exploring the spots where the great and notߝsoߝgreat Scots of history stood. Passionate about Scottish history he worked to promote it through magazine contributions and regularly appeared on the History and Discovery channels, in the UK and North America. He was particularly interested in Scotland’s great leaders and was the convenor of the Society of William Wallace. His Walk for Wallace in 2005 attracted worldwide media attention.
Extras
Excerpt from chapter Witches in Scotland
On my travels round the country, I have come across places with a “magical” association, always by chance. All but a few of these places are where witches suffered for their craft. I think it’s that old adage that if you do something good, no one remembers, but if something bad happens, no one forgets. And local communities seem to remember where witches suffered more than for any other reason.
We should never forget the torture and suffering involved in accusations of witchcraft. The amount of women who were drowned or burnt after sessions of sleep deprivation, insertions of needles and the like, to elicit confessions from folk maddened with pain, is a stain on our history. Ducking Pools where suspected witches were tied to chairs and suspended underwater, or thrown in to ascertain if they were witches or not, abound in Scotland. If they sank and drowned they were innocent, and if they floated they were indeed, a witch. So it was tails you lose, heads you lose. Even the stream near to my house has the site of a “Witches Pool” where such trials were carried out. The amount of women killed in such ways is well into four figures, although, of course, estimated amounts vary. And the charges brought are outrageous. One witch was accused of turning her daughter into a pony, having her shod, and riding her about town. Really, what is the point? If you had magical powers you might as well have used them to further your community, or in this day and age, choose the winning lottery numbers. But turning family members into animals? And supposedly educated men debated the life or death of a woman on the truth of such matters.
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Exploring the fascinating stories of Scotland’s women, the late David R Ross’s last book goes further than repeating the well-known biographies of famous women such as Mary, Queen of Scots. Instead, Ross regales us with the tales surrounding these historical figures; strange and exciting stories of royalty, witches, peasants and revolutionaries.