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| | |  Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of Scotland - Scots law, see also Category:Scottish law.
Scotland retains Scots Law, its own unique legal system, based on Roman law, which combines features of both civil law and common law. The terms of union with England specified the retention of separate systems. The barristers being called advocates, and the judges of the high court for civil cases are also the judges for the high court for criminal cases. Sc ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - The Arts
Culture of the United Kingdom - Literature.
Main article: British literature
The earliest native literature of the territory of the modern United Kingdom was written in the Celtic languages of the isles. The Welsh literary tradition stretches from the 6th century to the 21st century. Irish poetry represents a more or less unbroken tradition from the 6th century to the present day, with the Ulste ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Language Main article: Languages in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has no official language. English is the main language and the de facto official language, spoken monolingually by an estimated 95% of the UK population.
However, some nations and regions of the UK have frameworks for the promotion of autochthonous languages. In Wales, English and Welsh are both widely used by officialdom, and Irish and Ulster Scots enjoy limited use alongside English in Northern Ireland, mainly in publicly commissioned translations. Additionally, the Western Isles r ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Science and technology Ever since the scientific revolution, the United Kingdom has been prominent in world scientific and technological development. The philosopher Francis Bacon put forward his Baconian method in his 1620 book, Novum Organum. This method promoted empiricism and induction in scientific enquiry and was one of the driving forces behind the scientific revolution.
Possibly the most famous of all British scientists, Isaac Newton, is considered by historians of science to have crowned and ended the scientific revolution with the 1687 publ ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Education Main article: Education in the United Kingdom
The education system in the United Kingdom varies in important respects between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Education is devolved to the Scottish Parliament and the assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland.
Education is compulsory for all children between the ages of five and sixteen. Most children in the UK are educated in state funded schools financed through the tax system an ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Religion Main article: Religion in the United Kingdom
Although today one of the most 'secularised' states in the world, the United Kingdom is traditionally a Christian country, with two of the Home nations having official faiths:
Anglicanism, in the form of the Church of England, is the Established Church in England. The Queen is Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
Presbyterianism (Church of Scotland) is the official faith in Scotland.
The Anglican Church in Wales was disestablished in 1920.
The Ang ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Food Main article: British cuisine
Although there is ample evidence of a rich and varied approach to cuisine during earlier historical periods (particularly so amongst wealthy citizens), during much of the 19th and 20th century Britain had a reputation for somewhat conservative cuisine. The stereotype of the native cuisine was of a diet progressing little beyond stodgy meals consisting of "meat and two veg". Even today, in more conservative areas of the country, "meat and two veg" cui ...
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Culture of the United Kingdom - Housing.
The United Kingdom has the third highest population density in Europe after the Netherlands and Belgium. Housing tends to be smaller and more closely packed than in other countries.
In the larger cities (and in the centres of historic cities and towns) flats and terraced housing are the most frequent housing type available. In the suburbs and in smaller towns most people live in semi-detached or ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Sport The national sport of the UK is football, and the UK has the oldest football clubs in the world. The home nations all have separate national teams and domestic competitions, most notably the Scottish Premier League, the FA Cup and the FA Premier League. The first ever international football match was between Scotland and England in 1872. The match ended goalless.
Other famous British sporting events include the Wimbledon tennis championships, the Grand Nat ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Culture of the United Kingdom - Naming convention The naming convention in most of the United Kingdom is for everyone to have a given name, usually (but not always) indicating the child's sex, followed by a parent's family name. This naming convention has remained much the same since the 15th century in England although patronymic naming remained in some of the further reaches of the other home nations until much later. Since the 19th century middle names have become v ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - History It is believed that the first group of humans in Scotland appeared around 8,000 years ago. A group of permanent settlers began building villages on Scottish soil around 6,000 years ago. The written history of Scotland largely began with the arrival of the Roman Empire in Britain, when the Romans occupied what is now England and Wales, administering it as a Roman province called Britannia. Part of southern Scotland was briefly, indirectly controlled by Rome. To the north was territory not conquered by the Romans—Caledonia, peopled by ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - History The written history of Scotland largely began with the arrival of the Roman Empire in Britain, when the Romans occupied what is now England and Wales, administering it as a Roman province called Britannia. Much of Southern Scotland was indirectly controlled by Rome. To the north was territory not conquered by the Romans—Caledonia, peopled by the Picts, with the Scots of Dalriada in Argyll. Pictland became dominated by the Pictish sub-kingdom of Fortriu, but the Kingdom of Scotland is traditionally dated from 843, when Cináed mac Ai ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - Demographics The population of the Scotland in the 2001 census was 5,062,011. This has risen to 5,078,400 according to July 2004 estimates. This would make Scotland the 112th largest country by population if it were a sovereign nation. .
Scotland - Language.
Since the United Kingdom lacks a codified constitution, there is no formal official language. Scotland has three officially recognised languages, however, English, Scottish Gaelic and Scots. English de facto is the main language and almost all Scots speak Sc ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - Geography Scotland comprises the northern part of the island of Great Britain, off the coast of North West Europe. The total land mass is around 78,772 square kilometres (30,414 mi²). Scotland's only land border is with England, and runs for 96 kilometres (60 miles) between the River Tweed on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. The island of Ireland lies around 30 kilometres (20 mi) off the south west tip of Scotland, and Norway is around 4 ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - Economy The Scottish economy is closely linked with that of the United Kingdom, and is essentially a capitalist economy with little government interference in private enterprise. After the Industrial Revolution, the Scottish economy concentrated on heavy industry, dominated by the shipbuilding, coal mining and steel industries. Scottish participation in the British Empire also allowed the Scottish economy to export its output throughout the world. However heavy industry declined in the latter part of the 20th century leading to a remarkable shift in ...
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - Gallery of Images The Monymusk Reliquary, a relic of medieval Scotland
Stirling Castle
Hadrian's Wall, Scottish-Britannic border in the 2nd century.
Edinburgh Castle
The Forth Bridge
The Isle of Lewis
The Ruins of Melrose Abbey
Eilean Donan
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| | | | Culture of Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - Subdivisions For the purposes of local government, Scotland was divided into thirty-two council areas in 1996. These are unitary authorities responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services. Some of the larger councils are also further divided into area committees. Community councils are informal organisations that represent specific areas within a council area. The Queen appoints a Lord Lieutenant to represent her in the ...
See also:Scotland, Scotland - Etymology, Scotland - History, Scotland - Politics, Scotland - Law, Scotland - Subdivisions, Scotland - Geography, Scotland - Climate, Scotland - Economy, Scotland - Demographics, Scotland - Language, Scotland - Religion, Scotland - Education, Scotland - Culture, Scotland - Music, Scotland - Literature, Scotland - Sport, Scotland - Media, Scotland - Transport, Scotland - Scottish Inventions, Scotland - National symbols, Scotland - Gallery of Images Read more here: » Scotland: Encyclopedia II - Scotland - Subdivisions |
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