iboughtsomegrace t1_jdveduk wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:10 PM Reply to comment by atlantis_airlines in Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak Check out Hugh Trevor-Roper's "The Invention of Tradition" if you want to walk away fully disappointed in the history of Scotland's most famous traditions. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/stille/Politics%20Fall%202007/readings%20weeks%206-7/Trevor-Roper,%20The%20Highland%20Tradition.pdf Permalink Parent 12
iboughtsomegrace t1_jdveduk wrote
Reply to comment by atlantis_airlines in Oldest tartan found to date back to 16th Century - A scrap of fabric found in a Highland peat bog 40 years ago is likely to be the oldest tartan ever discovered in Scotland, new tests have established. by ArtOak
Check out Hugh Trevor-Roper's "The Invention of Tradition" if you want to walk away fully disappointed in the history of Scotland's most famous traditions.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/journalism/stille/Politics%20Fall%202007/readings%20weeks%206-7/Trevor-Roper,%20The%20Highland%20Tradition.pdf