[Novalug] Curious - any Scottish heritage folks in Novalug?

John Franklin franklin@elfie.org
Wed Jun 22 17:10:58 EDT 2016


> On Jun 22, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Beartooth via Novalug <novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:
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> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016, William Sutton via Novalug wrote:
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>> Hadrian wasn't Scottish.  He was Roman.  You want to say the Romans had their own Donald Trump, fine, but not the Scots.
>> 
>> Besides which, everyone (including modern Scots) seem to forget that England didn't actually conquer Scotland.  James VI, king of Scotland ascended the English throne as James I of England.  So from a certain point of view, the Scots acquired the English throne.
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> 	Indeed. And there's a very readable biography of Mary Queen of Scots by Linda Porter that helps a lot in explaining how.
> 

Google “CGP Grey brief history of the royal family” for spoilers.

jf



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