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A brief history of Scotland from early times up to
today
Religion
Government
The Caledonians
Inhabited the Northern parts of Britain
Roman invasion 1st century AD
Antonine wall: the Northernmost barrier
frontier of the Roman Empire
South: Britannia (Roman province), North:
Caledonia
Frequent battles between the Caledonians
and the Romans the Romans withdraw
from the Antonine to Hadrians wall, by the
end of the 3rd century they depart.
New name of the Caledonians The Picts
(the painted ones
Pictish tattoos
5th century
The NW of Scotland invaded by
the Gaels or Scoti (originating
from Northern Ireland).
Picts in North and East
Gaels in West
Britons (Welsh speaking
tribes) in South
Gaels and Pictskey figures
different
language, different culture
Saint Columba
Irish monk who first brought
Christianity to Scotland.
Gaels turned to Christianity
Picts continued to worship their
pagan gods
put their faith in druids rather than
monks
however, they slowly accepted
Christianity
The Picts
Flourishing culture, good harvest
excellent target for attack
The Angles dominated Britain
decided to push North
The Picts united to defeat the Angles
by the end of the 8th century
PICTLAND became the dominant
power of Northern Britain.
The Vikings
At the end of the 8th century
Viking invasion forced the Picts
and the Scoti to unite and to form
the Kingdom of Scotland.
Giric (878-889):
Gaelic bishop to the Pictish Church turning the kingdom
of the Picts into a Gaelic kingdom
Donald II (died in 900):
Succeeded to the throne
Continued the Gaelic influence on the Picts
The first time Scotland is mentioned in a written record is
related to the name of Donald, King of Alba or Albanum (a
Gaelic word meaning Scotland).
Constantine II (900-943):
Succeeded to the throne
Gaelic became the new language of power
Importance of
religion for
Constantine
St Andrews, the new
religious capital of
his kingdom
Edward I
1603
James VI. King of Scots inherited
the Kingdom of England and of Ireland
King James I. of England and Ireland
union of the Scottish and the English
Crown (the kingdoms remaining
individual, sovereign states, own
Parliament, law, ruled by James
William of Orange
Glorious Revolution (1688-89) the
overthrow of King James VII of Scotland
and II of England in favour of William
Of Orange
Great famine in Scotland, reducement
of population
Glasgow port
GOVERNMENT
Head of the state is the monarch of the UK, Queen
Elizabeth II.
Self government within the UK
Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh has legislative authority
of the areas related to Scotland
Religion
2011 54% of the Scottish population Christian
37% not having a religion
1560 Scottish Reformation the National Church The Kirk has
been Protestant and Reformed
West 19% Roman Catholic
Islam the largest non-Christian religion (40,000), Jews, Hindu
especially in Glasgow
Samye Ling monastery in Scotland is the first Buddhist monastery
in Western Europe.
Thank
you!
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