10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAPPENSCHAW»
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the monthly packet of evening readings
At Dumfries too, the annual shooting for the 'siller gun,' which James VI. gave, to
be the reward of the best marksman among the "corporations of Dumfries, is a
remnant of the old military and gymnastic sports of the wappenschaw.
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Highland Light Infantry Chronicle
REGIMENTAL WAPPENSCHAW. The Annual Wappenschaw was held at
Khartoum on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 17th, 18th, and 19th.
Owing to the Limited range accommodation, it was found necessary to spread the
meeting ...
the executive power in Scotland, were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties
against the crown-vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappenschaw.
The landholders were compelled, therefore, to send their sons, tenants, and ...
the executive power in Scotland, were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties
against the crown- vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappenschaw.
The landholders were compelled, therefore, to send their sons, tenants, and ...
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Walter Scott: The Making of the Novelist
The first step, the decision to attend the wappenschaw, has already been taken
when the narrative opens and seems casual enough - the easiest course for a
man of moderation, subscriber to an indulged minister. Success in the shooting ...
Thecommands of thelaw were imperative; and the privy council, who
administered the executive powerin Scotland, were severein enforcing the
statutory penalties againstthe crownvassals whodid not appearatthe periodical
wappenschaw.
Inthe fifteenth centuryan Act of the Scots Parliament decreed that a
Wappenschaw –a showof weapons with relevant practice– was to be held
inevery parish kirkyardfour times a year, and that bowmarks and a pair ofbutts
wereto bemade ...
Orwhat had Nebuchadnezzar todo with the wappenschaw of the Upper Ward
ofClydesdale?" "Only just thus far, my leddy," continued Mause, firmly, "that
prelacy is like the great golden image in the plain of Dura, andthat as Shadrach, ...
Not the same comment was made about The Wappenschaw, which John painted
the following year. A wappenschaw has been described as 'the feudal array of a
county when each crown vassal was required to appear with such muster of ...
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Original subjects: the child, the novel, and the nation
35 The narrator disapprovingly describes the wappenschaw, a ceremonial
display of fealty to the king, instituted by the restored Stuarts to enforce the
absolutist ideas of hierarchy and obedience to authority. As David Brown avers,
For its ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAPPENSCHAW»
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More than words: A guide to Scottish dialect
Recently he discovered the word wappenschaw – a Germanic word for the muster of arms often held at the end of a clan gathering – was being used for a ... «Scotsman, Oct 12»
What happens at a wappenschaw?
Similarly, at the end of military muster, each Scottish clan would rally to have a wappenschaw. It was at these events that the clan warriors could really strut their ... «The Caledonian Mercury, May 10»
