The historian William Forbes Skene (1809-92), encouraged to learn
Gaelic by Sir Walter Scott, a friend of his father, combined a
career as a lawyer in his family's firm with a deep interest in the
history of the Celts, which was strengthened by a period of
philological study in Germany. This three-volume history of Celtic
Scotland (or Alban, to give it the name used in the subtitle),
regarded as his most important work, was published between 1876 and
1880. Skene's intention was 'to ascertain the true facts of the
early civic history' of Scotland, given that the works of medieval
Scots historians could not be relied upon for a factual narrative.
The three volumes are organised by topic. Volume 2 deals with
'church and culture', including the Celtic churches of Scotland,
Ireland and Cumbria, particularly the great centre of Iona, and the
tradition of learning associated with Celtic monasticism.
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