History of Scotland - Prehistoric settlement - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Prehistoric Settlement
For more detail on this period see Prehistoric Scotland. People lived in Scotland for at least 8500 years before recorded history dealt w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Wars Of The Three Kingdoms And The Puritan Commonwealth
See Also Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Scottish Civil War History of Scotland - Bishops Wars. Shortly after his reign began, an attempt b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - The Glorious Revolution
James's attempt to introduce religious toleration to England's Roman Catholics alienated his Protestant subjects. Neither this, nor his m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Union The Hanoverians And The Jacobites
By 1700, the Protestant monarchy seemed in danger of coming to an end with the childless Stuart Queen Anne. Rather than return to her Rom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - 20th Century Scotland
Tied as it was to the health of the British Empire, Scotland suffered after the First World War as it had gained beforehand. In the Highl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Industrial Revolution Clearance And Enlightenment
After 1745, British authorities acted to suppress the clan loyalties in the Highlands. The wearing of tartan and the playing of bagpipes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Protestant Reformation
During the 16th century, Scotland underwent a Protestant Reformation. In the earlier part of the century, the teachings of first Martin L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Late Mediaeval Events
After David's death, Robert II, the first of the Stewart (later Stuart) kings, came to the throne in 1371. There followed in 1390 his ail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Post-roman Scotland
In the wake of the Roman withdrawal Scotland's population comprised two main groups: the Picts, a people of uncertain origin (but possib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Roman Invasion
The written history of Scotland largely begins with the coming of the Roman empire to Britain. Although the pre-Roman inhabitants occasio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Rise Of The Kingdom Of Alba
The myth of MacAlpin's Treason tells how Alba was born when the Dalriadan Kenneth mac Alpin conquered the Picts. Modern studies are less ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Anglo-norman Influence
Malcolm's victory foreshadowed what became a major thread of Scottish history for the next thousand years. He had relied on Northumbrian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - War With England
Margaret's death (1290) now left the Scottish throne with no clear successor, and Edward became the arbitrator between the various claima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Scotland: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Scotland - Mary Queen Of Scots
Within two years, the Rough Wooing, Henry VIII's military attempt to force a marriage between Mary and his son, Edward, had begun. This t...   » Read the article