Scotland and the Flemish People
The Flemings are among the most important if under-appreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Originating in Flanders, Northern Europe's economic powerhouse (now roughly Belgium and the Netherlands), they came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century.Several of Scotland's major families - Flemings, Murrays, Sutherlands and Douglases - claim elite Flemish roots, while many other families with less august lineages arrived as craftsmen, mercenaries and r…
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Weitere Autoren: Mason, Roger (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78885-146-6
- EAN: 9781788851466
- Produktnummer: 30156747
- Verlag: Birlinn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 15'112 KB
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