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Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie, Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland

Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie, Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in... Book Reviews Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie, Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland (Bloomsbury, London, 2019 pp. xii + 297. Hardback, ISBN 978- 1-4742-8347-2, £65). DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2021.0338 One might wonder whether the shift to homeworking during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020–1 encouraged some to re-imagine their house in castellated form. For there is no doubting the resonance that castles and castellated architecture maintains in Scotland’s national imagination. In Scotch Baronial, Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie explain why Scotland experienced Europe’s first and longest sustained age of castle revivalism. They split their broad coverage between the ‘first castle age’ of pre-1603 through to 1750, and the ‘second castle age’ which covers the period from 1750 until around 1914, with its influence still relevant into the present day. To provide analytical coherence, the authors apply the concept of unionist nationalism to the evidence. Those readers looking for a superlative range of examples and a mix of familiar and rarely seen illustrations will not be disappointed. Over ninety black and white figures are dispersed at the appropriate point throughout the text and these visual representations become an essential part of the analysis. There are several significant examples here, really too http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Scottish Historical Studies Edinburgh University Press

Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie, Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland

Journal of Scottish Historical Studies , Volume 41 (2): 2 – Nov 1, 2021

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Edinburgh University Press
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1748-538X
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1755-1749
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10.3366/jshs.2021.0338
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Book Reviews Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie, Scotch Baronial: Architecture and National Identity in Scotland (Bloomsbury, London, 2019 pp. xii + 297. Hardback, ISBN 978- 1-4742-8347-2, £65). DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2021.0338 One might wonder whether the shift to homeworking during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020–1 encouraged some to re-imagine their house in castellated form. For there is no doubting the resonance that castles and castellated architecture maintains in Scotland’s national imagination. In Scotch Baronial, Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie explain why Scotland experienced Europe’s first and longest sustained age of castle revivalism. They split their broad coverage between the ‘first castle age’ of pre-1603 through to 1750, and the ‘second castle age’ which covers the period from 1750 until around 1914, with its influence still relevant into the present day. To provide analytical coherence, the authors apply the concept of unionist nationalism to the evidence. Those readers looking for a superlative range of examples and a mix of familiar and rarely seen illustrations will not be disappointed. Over ninety black and white figures are dispersed at the appropriate point throughout the text and these visual representations become an essential part of the analysis. There are several significant examples here, really too

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Journal of Scottish Historical StudiesEdinburgh University Press

Published: Nov 1, 2021

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