Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Scots Nickname Scottish Royal History?

Scottish Royal History? - scots nickname

Hello, I would just about all Americans. If you were at school and about the British monarchy and uks history, never with Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Or was it in English.

The Kingdom of Scotland is a country in north-west Europe that there were between 843 and 1707. Occupied the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south by the Kingdom of England, which merged into a single Kingdom of Great Britain form under the terms of the legislation of the Union 1707th

King of Queen's is famous in Scotland:

Kenneth McAlpin known and in the schedules of modern reign as King Kenneth I of the Picts, and according to national myth, first king of Scotland, who nicknamed him the name of a posthumous Ferbasach "The Conquistador".

Mary Queen of Scots, also known as Mary, Queen of Scots was queen of Scotland, December 14, 1542, 24 to July 1567.After a long imprisonment in England, he was convicted and executed.

7 comments:

dane said...

No ... not really, mainly with the main countries involved, the serious crisis is ... that war, or anything that in any way with the war or America, and I do not remember learning anything about Scotland at all, in fact ... but he could have some fun facts learned about him for the culture as one or two days ... but thats about it. I hope that what you are looking for is, dude!

Jock said...

Shame on you, without a scratch ... As Macbeth, Robert Bruce, James I (of England, but not in Scotland) and James V.

In fact, Kenneth was King of Scotland, according to legend, take slaughtered the Picts host to the throne of the Picts, but probably it was his mother and his father explanatoin Picts Scot. from the line of Pictish origin through the female line, in contrast to the male line (the Scots) is very possible that a marriage between the two ends of the Picts.

I'm curious what you have to tell the American people on this subject, but both. I just wanted some additional information to it, what you said.

SUE said...

Most Americans know of Mary, Queen of Scotland, in connection with the attempted coup d'etat of Queen Elizabeth. And we said to ourselves that the King James I of England, Jacques VI of Scotland and was in essence, how they connected the two monarchies. We are taught, and probably most of us forget that the Prince of Wales and the title was given to appease the Welsh do not know what century the Prince of Wales is the heir apparent, etc.

How on earth meets Ireland in this? It has never been a king or queen of Spain, because he never really united) (cluster of tribes or clans until the British "won" the island, and more or less united in their hatred of the British (I?). So in reality was never a "kingdom" of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Most of us, thanks to Hollywood (remarkably accurate in its description of the story) about Rob Roy (William Wallace know)

Some of us are more interested in the Anglo-European history than others. I had the best teacher for the class of 10 EuropeanHistory. It was so great that I returned and took up studies at the University in the 12th Year, only for the teacher.

veggie_m... said...

Unfortunately, public schools, classes 1-12, it is only in English. Even if it is a consolation to you, I was so fascinated by the English monarchy, which led me to make, me play outside. Naturally, an American at that time, one thing was very rare.

Today I am still very fond of the British royal family, and I have great admiration and respect for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, she has his country and his empire, and served over the years, and only hope that his successor be half as good how it will be.

Evelyn S said...

I can not on the program throughout the country, as education is controlled by the states, but not much attention is formally in Scotland in school or high school in Texas, where students pay Read Shakespeare's "Macbeth", his final year In high school, without any mention of the historical Macbeth (unless someone like me, the game is to teach) and some of Robert Burns' poems scattered here and there. Currently I teach in the internal system of a school in the city, which 90 percent or African American or Hispanic, and sometimes I have asked high school students on holiday for the UK to map and stopped doing it that Scotland does not matter. Even mixed Scots and Irish. The students in my school district, but know they live in a municipality, by a strong bulkhead Neil McLennan. Furthermore, if we go to the local university's mascot is the Highlander. (I know do not even mention that similar associations of politically incorrect facts about Native American mascot.)

Asone elective course in a major lesson of history (he had a double major in Engish and) history, I have two semesters at a university undergraduate English "for a story that referred to the Scottish history, for it combines the history of England, For example, the throne of England, James I of England and VI of Scotland, the Act of Union and the Jacobite Rebellion.

Of course, the children of Scottish Americans are increasingly aware of their own line. When I was a student at the university, for example, instead of the cousin of my maternal grandmother a clan society Macquarrie. [By the way, are the descendants of Kenneth McAlpin Macquarrie. Macquarrie, the first (or McQuerry) to come to America was John Macquarrie, which was transported to the colonies, because he fought for Bonnie Prince Charles at the Battle of Culloden.] My nieces and nephews know for sure about the ancestors, in particular Scotland, Scottish and Irish and Ireland.

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Note to Sue: Rob Roy, which owes its fame partly Sir WaLTER Scott lived from 1671 to 1734, while William Wallace lived between 1270 and 1305th I think that confused Mel Gibson, also the two, even though most Scots eyebrows historical inaccuracies in "Braveheart".

Amethyst said...

English in most cases, with the exception of Maria and Jacques VI / I Do not touch that both the '45 Jacobite uprising. On the other hand, the history of the world, and many barely touched by many countries - like the Scandinavian countries, which has the most in Asia, Australia and Africa.
And European history at the University concentrated on major UK, France, Spain, Germany (or what is in these countries).

Anonymous said...

Yes, in my freshman year of high school, I learned a little knowledge of the Stuarts, including Mary, Queen of Scots and her son, Jacques VI (I, he was also king of England as James I)

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