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Thane (/ ˈ θ eɪ n /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum. In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn ( pronounced / θeɪn /; Old English: þeġn) or thane [1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties. Thanes ranked at the third level in lay society ...
Pages in category "Military and war museums in Scotland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Coordinates: 55°55′25″N 3°17′56″W. The National Collection of Aerial Photography is a photographic archive in Edinburgh, Scotland, containing over 30 million aerial photographs of worldwide historic events and places. From 2008–2015 it was part of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland [1] and since ...
Military history of Scotland. Historically, Scotland has a long military tradition that predates the Act of Union with England. Its soldiers form part of the armed forces of the United Kingdom, more usually referred to domestically within Britain as the British Armed Forces .
Sgian-dubh. Snaphance. Categories: Weapons of the United Kingdom. Military equipment of the United Kingdom. Military of Scotland.
The National War Museum is a museum dedicated to warfare, which is located inside Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.Opened in 1933 in a converted 18th-century ordnance storehouse, the museum is run by the National Museums Scotland and covers 400 years of Scotland at war from the 17th century through permanent exhibits and special exhibitions.
Thane of Cawdor is a title in the Scottish nobility. The current 7th Earl Cawdor , of Clan Campbell of Cawdor , is the 25th Thane of Cawdor . In William Shakespeare 's play Macbeth , this title was given to Macbeth after the previous Thane of Cawdor was captured and executed for treason against King Duncan. [2]