A multimedia CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh, The History of the Highland Clans combines sixteen essays on various aspects of Highland history, society and culture with histories, heraldry and tartans of over 70 individual Scottish Highland clans. Interactive clan maps reveal the changing fortunes of each clan over time. Four sections - Clans - Essays - Maps - Gallery - are set out in a rich multimedia environment complete with original music. The essay section traces the evolution of the Highland clans from the earliest Gaelic settlement of Argyll in the 5th century AD until clanship's demise in the 18th century, and places it in the context of Scotland as a whole - explaining why clanship developed to the extent that it did particularly in the Highlands, and its links with Gaelic culture. Essays include: Ancient Peoples; Druids; Celtic Christianity; Somerled; the MacDonald Lordship of the Isles; the Highlands 1100-1700; Gaelic Literature; Highland Dress; Fosterage; and What is Clanship? The enigmatic period before 1700 is fully explored. The disc also contains the full contents of the first (and best) "clan book", the Victorian classic "The Clans of the Scottish Highlands" published by James Logan and R.R. McIan in the 1840s. A large image viewer displays clan and contemporary maps of Scotland and the Highland area from c.1000 - 1761. Primary source material includes a Description of the Isles in the 16th century; Gaelic poetry from the 8th to 18th centuries, including St Patrick's Breastplate, Pangur Ban, and The Birlinn of Clanranald. Easy to use interface and navigation tools. A special feature lets you install your favourite tartan on your computer's desktop as a wallpaper!
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The History of the Highland Clans is the most reliable, research-based CD-ROM reference on Clan history currently available. Dunedin Multimedia is an educational software publisher with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Dallas, Texas. Full technical support is available to all users by letter, telephone and e-mail.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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The cd was not worth the price for the information it provided, and the maps were ILLEGIBLE. If you want something informative on clan history, try "Highlanders : A History of the Scottish Clans" by Fitzroy MacLean. It gives almost exactly the same information plus a lot more history and vignettes on specific clan figures.
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Excellent resource does what the publishers claim,
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This CD ROM is a good and well rounded resource and introduction to the highland clans based on the original document by McIan with many additional texts giving a rare insight into clan structure, life,conditions,environment. Those wishing a more comprehensive guide should encourage the publishers to bring one out,rather than criticise them I'm sure they would do so if they knew there was additional demand.They've done a great job I recommend it
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Buy a book instead,
By Pete Macko (pmacko@ix.netcom.com) (Seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The History of the Highland Clans (CD-ROM)
This CD contains a 58 meg MacroMedia presentation that gives very cursory information on the history of Scottish Clans. The information presented is scanty, not all of the major clans are covered, and the 'pictures' section is very small containing very little of interest.Buy a good reference book on Highland Clans if you have any interest at all in the subject. This CD will not satisfy you.
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