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Video History Scotland - Scottish video titles of Scotland, its maritime, shipping and railway history.

Gateway to Scottish History - Index of sites concerning Scottish history.

SCRAN - Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, multimedia resources on history and culture in Scotland.

History of Scottish Highland Dress - An article mainly about the development of the kilt.

Hail Caledonia - An on-line encyclopedia of Scottish history.

Scottish History Online - Historical images of Scotland, and the Scottish People. Looking at the prehistoric, medieval, Pictish and Celtic history of Scotland, which goes back over 8,000 years. Also includes the Scottish History Club which encourages people to interact with others with a passion for Scotland Past.

Nancy MacCorkill's Scottish Internet Book - A collection of original works on various aspects of Scottish history.

Scottish History on CD-ROM - Producers of Multi-Media CD-ROMs on Scottish historical events.

Scottish Parliament Project - Based at the University of St Andrews, aims to create a digital edition of the acts of the pre 1707 Scottish Parliament, and a three volume History of the Scottish Parliament.

Statistical Accounts of Scotland - Contemporary accounts of the economic and social state of Scotland around the time of the Industrial Revolution. This web service provides free access to page images of the Accounts.

Scottish History - Articles on aspects of Scottish history by historian Robert Gunn. Complete timeline included.

Yahoo Group: Scot Celt and Medieval History Group - Scottish Celtic and Medieval European history and culture information hosted by two historians in a friendly, positive group.

Chronology of Scottish History - Timeline of Scottish history listing all the major dates and events, from earliest times to modern day, from Rampant Scotland.

Britannia's Guide to Scotland - This section of the large Britannia includes an encyclopedia of famous Scots and a timeline of Scottish history by Peter N. Williams.

Scotland - A History - Site concentrating on the earlier aspects of Scottish history Picts, Scots, Gaels and the Celtic church.

The History of the Scots, Picts and Britons - Comprehensive and academic site covering the ancient peoples of Scotland, by David F. Dale.

Heritage Scotsman - Learn about Scotland through the Mark of the Scots series, articles, newsreel archives, historical places and biographies of famous Scots.

Rampant Scotland Index - History - Index of sites concerning Scottish history.

Davie's Scottish Homepage - Contains a section devoted to Scottish history and another on Scottish castles.

Scotweb's Scottish History Magazine - Covering the history of Scotland, touching lightly on the pre-history, in detail through the late medieval period, and beyond.

Soft Toy Lion's "Lion Rampant" pages - Various original works outlining Scotland's culture and heritage.

Scottish Economic History Database, 1550 - 1780 - For the serious Scottish historian, an on-line database of crop yeilds, demographic data, prices, wages and weather from 1550 to 1780.

Lothene Experimental Archaeology - Living history group which researches and recreates aspects of the life of ordinary people in Lothian (Lothene) from Roman times to the 18th Century.

A Short History of Scotland - Scotland Vacations gives a timeline of the history of Scotland leading to illustrated features on people and places.

Scottish History Online Courses - Offered by Cumbernauld College, Scotland include Wallace and Bruce, the Jacobite rebellions and social and industrial changes in Scotland 1700 to 1850. Links to Scottish history sites.

Scottish Site Directory - A series of one page articles on various aspects of Scottish history by J.K. Gillon.

Welcome to Scotland - Altara's Almanac, containing information on Scotland, Pictish and Celtic knotwork, traditional fayre, with links to other sites

Moirbooks - Scottish heritage and local hisatory books by Helen Moir. Includes book details, author information, and some genealogy links.

Book of Deer Project - Discussion of the illustrated Gospel from the early Columban monastery at Old Deer in Aberdeenshire, with entries in Scottish Gaelic written c.1135.

Electric Scotland's Scottish History - Offers information on early Scottish history, battles, culture, literature, music and Scots abroad.

First Scottish Books - Digitised images of the nine earliest books printed in Scotland, from the National Library of Scotland

History of Scotland - Description of the history of Scotland from 1 AD to present day.

History Scotland Magazine - Illustrated magazine covering all aspects of Scotland's history and heritage. Features on archaeology, history, architecture, place-names, language, environmental and local history. Scholarly but aimed at a wide audience.

BBC: In Search of Scotland - Covers the history of Scotland from mysterious ancestors to the modern day, with a focus on religion and Scotland's relations with Europe and England. Includes a multi-media gallery.

Melbrigda - Penni B. Currie presents the modern and ancient history and mythology of Scotland in essay format and includes a contribution from her children.

Scottish Railways and Steamers - Chronological listings grouped in year bands dating from before 1700. Search facilities, pictures and associated information are included.

M.V. Gardyloo - History, photographs and information on this sludge dumping vessel.

Ayrshire History - Illustrated articles on the history of Ayrshire and its people, and the local history of its parishes, towns and villages.

Scottish Origins - Robert M. Gunn tells the story of Scotland, including its rulers, up to William Wallace.

National Tartan Day - Historical information relating to significant events in Scotland from The Highland Clearances up to the 20th century. Also contains other historical information about workhouses, and of concentration camps and mass graves, sources quoted.

Kirkpatrick Macandrew Trust for Scotland - Listing history, origins, activities and events.

Scotland's Past - Offering the latest news in Scottish history and archaeology plus an timeline of all periods of Scottish history.

Am Baile - An online learning and research resource of digitised archives for the language, culture and history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. English and Gaelic versions.

Friars in Medieval Scotland - Tjeerd Carter-Tijmstra explains the different orders of friars, and gives photographs and history of the best preserved sites, a full list of the mendicant houses in Scotland and bibliography.

Scottish History Online - John Duncan shares his passion for Scottish history. Includes illustrated articles on the Picts, ancient sites and historic figures, plus the password-protected Scottish History Club.

Sgian Duh - History - Timeline of Scottish history with short descriptions of each of the events listed.

Comunn_Birlinn Celtic Galley Association - A charitable organisation which aims to promote knowledge of the maritime history of the Celtic seas and the skills of boat building and seamanship in Scotland.

University of Edinburgh Department of Scottish History - Offers undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Scottish history. Courses, research students, recent theses, staff. The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft.

Scottish Printing Archival Trust - The 500-history of print in Scotland.

The Story of Scotland's History - An online book about Scottish history.

Gateway to Scotland - Provides maps and history timeline with information about the Country.

Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 - The National Library of Scotland presents the first atlas of Scotland, containing 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text, translated from Latin into English for the first time.

Scottish Archaeology and History - Corinne Mills looks at ancient and historic sites, including castles, monasteries, battlefields and shipwrecks. Also gives a timeline and portraits of Mary Stuart.

Discover the History of Scotland - An ambitious project by the pupils and staff of Fortrose Academy to tell the story of Scotland from prehistoric to modern times.

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Tru History When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I base my fashion sense on what doesn't itch. -- Gilda Radner "Those that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin) Thank God - every morning when you get up - that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you a hundre Love is stronger than justice. -- Sting History You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. -- Beverly Sills We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. -- Shelley Winters The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten. -- Mark Twain History That government is best which governs least. -- Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, 1849 "Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one." (Theodore Roosevelt) I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did. -- Henry James If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come. -- Victor Hugo History As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. -- Count Galeazzo Ciano, The Ciano Diaries When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. -- P. J. 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Run back and forth at my bus stop going "Quit it." -- Jerry Seinfeld One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love. -- Sophocles History It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. -- Gloria Steinem We do not remember days; we remember moments. -- Anonymous History If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. -- Francis Bacon Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. - H. G. Wells Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. -- Billy Sunday "The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." (William Blake) History Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes. - Henry David Thoreau "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction." (Pablo Picasso) I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability. -- Oscar Wilde History An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible. -- Alfred A. Knopf "I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free." (Nikos Kazantzakis) "One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry. -- Chekhov "Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all." (Oscar Wilde) History Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories. -- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester I tried a mail order bride, once, but she was damaged in the mail, and I had to return the unused part for my full refund. Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man. History "Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives." (Gary Busey) Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway. -- Othal Brand, member of a Texas pesticide review board This isn't right, this isn't even wrong. - Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), upon reading a young physicist's paper Honorable, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, ``the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur.' -- Bierce, A Silence is argument carried out by other means. -- Ernesto "Che" Guevara History The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne. -- Robertson Davies The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. -- George Bernard Shaw >From error to error one discovers the entire truth. -- Sigmund Freud History Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think. -- Niels Bohr There is no realizable power that man cannot, in time, fashion the tools to attain, nor any power so secure that the naked ape will not abuse it. So it is written in the genetic cards - only physics I know I'm not in government anymore. In fact I'm out of work. -- Ronald Reagan, Former U.S. President, on a speaking tour of Japan, 1989 The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. -- Albert Einstein Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. -- Anne Sullivan History What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are. -- Alanis Morissette, singer, 1995 To keep your marriage brimming With love in the marriage cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it, Whenever you're right, shut up. -- Nash There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and his mother's age. -- Modern Maturity History It is not because it is difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult. -- Lucius Anneaus Seneca The full use of your powers along lines of excellence. - definition of happiness by John F. 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