Documentary Research
Archives: Below are just some of the national archive organisations in Scotland.
National Archives of Scotland (NAS)
National Library of Scotland (NLS)
Icelandic Saga: To view the Icelandic saga that refers to our Viking portage route between Arrochar and Tarbet, Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII, by Sturla Þórðarson, please click here. Also check out the latest BBC documentary on the Last Battle of the Vikings here.
We've used a couple of images by the 16th century Swedish writer Olaus Magnus, who ilustrated his books with amazing woodcuts depicting all aspects of life in Scandinavia at that time. His best known work is his Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (History of the Northern Peoples) printed in Rome in 1555. You can view the images from that work here.
Check out the new e-publication comic strip which is 'Telling Scotland's Story' to young people and adults - an innovative way to interpret our history!
Useful Websites: Below is a list of websites that Dr Heather James used in her workshop, 'An Introduction to Documentary Research Techniques'. Why not try some of them out now?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloch%C3%A1n
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/index.asp
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pastmap.html
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/95197/1/LuckyDip
http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/
http://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/research/history/sohc/
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usebooks/wordsworth-scotland/index.html
http://www.amazon.co.uk/West-Highland-Tales-Fitzroy-Maclean/dp/1841587036
http://maps.nls.uk/counties/view/?id=238
http://www.arrocharheritage.com/HistoryOfTheMacFarlanes.htm
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyrebellio02chamgoog/historyrebellio02chamgoog_djvu.txt
http://www.arrocharheritage.com/index.htm
http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/exchequer.asp
http://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Book-Scots-Selections-Scotichronicon/dp/1873644841
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/scotichr.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Native-Lordship-Medieval-Scotland-Strathearn/dp/1851828907
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Expectations-Middle-Ages-Anthony-Musson/dp/0851158420
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exercise-Power-Medieval-Scotland-c-1200-1500/dp/1851827498
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scotland-Making-Unmaking-Nation-1100-1707/dp/1845860047
https://archive.org/stream/thenorwegianacco18299gut/18299.txt
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18299/18299-h/18299-h.htm
http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.thegovanstones.org.uk/
http://www.khm.uio.no/english/
http://norseandviking.blogspot.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_saga
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