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Welcome to the Gaelic wikibook! The (Scottish) Gaelic language, which has been spoken in Scotland for several centuries, boasts a considerable body of...

Scottish fiddling, even to many an untrained ear, can be distinguished from other Celtic and folk fiddling styles by its particular precision of execution...

language of the northwest half of Scotland and Lowland Scots was the main spoken language of the southeast half of Scotland. From around that time, up until...

point for what will become a Contradancers Guide to Successfully Beginning Scottish Country Dance. For now, I'm going to throw in a big disorganized mass of...

turmoil (including the Thirty Years' War), religious tensions in England and Scotland, and aspects of modernity. Age of Discovery was from circa 1400 to 1800...

whereas in Scotland and Northern Ireland devolution extended to wide powers to pass laws. The Scottish legislative authority is the Scottish Parliament...

strong claims to both the English and Scottish thrones as a descendent of both Henry VII and also of James II of Scotland. The son of Margaret Douglas, niece...

earl of Angus, and his second wife, Margaret Tudor, widow of James IV of Scotland. As Henry VIII's niece, Lady Margaret was in the line of succession to...

strong claims to both the English and Scottish thrones as a descendent of both Henry VII and also of James II of Scotland. The son of Margaret Douglas, niece...

the language is from Scotland, which was from the Latin word scotti. "Lowland" is just used to distinguish the language from Scottish Gaelic, which is completely...

Chapter With the death of Elizabeth in 1603, the Crowns of England and Scotland united under James I. In 1567, when he was just a year old, James' mother...

churches). Presbyterianism traces its institutional roots back to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. There are many separate Presbyterian...

have one or more blanks, and five answers to choose from. For example: Scotland is a nation in the north of the Island of Great Britain; it has a(n) _________...

Tudor monarch, the childless Elizabeth I. The Stuarts united the crowns of Scotland and England, though the two nations were not formally united until 1707...

Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government is the executive authority of Scotland; it is led by the First Minister. Other members of the Scottish Cabinet...

Aldis, Harry G. A List of Books Printed in Scotland Before 1700. Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1970. Albrecht, Hans, ed. Georg Rhau: Musikdrucke...

each with a separate laws and hierarchy of courts: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. England and Wales is a common law jurisdiction....

of Edinburgh is a traditional fiddle tune of Gaelic lineage, Irish and Scottish. It is also prominent in American fiddle, Canadian fiddle and wherever...

FMSU9A4 module during the Spring of 2016 at the University of Stirling in Scotland, UK. It is an assessed educational project. The aim is, firstly, for students...

corridors. J.K. Rowling has said in an interview that Hogwarts is somewhere in Scotland; its position is uncertain, because it is Charmed to be Unplottable – its...