Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Thane ( / ˈθeɪn /; Scottish Gaelic: taidhn) [1] was the title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland, equivalent in rank to the son of an earl, [2] who was at the head of an administrative and socio-economic unit known as a thanedom or thanage.
Thanage refers to the tenure by which lands were held by a thane as well as the rank. The term thane was also used in early medieval Scandinavia for a class of retainers, and thane was a title given to local royal officials in medieval eastern Scotland , equivalent in rank to the child of an earl .
In the tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth is the Thane of Glamis. He later becomes the Thane of Cawdor and the king of Scotland , in fulfillment of the witches' prophecy. Even though Glamis is only a small village, several cities in Britain have streets named after it.
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.
Crínán of Dunkeld, also called Crinan the Thane (c. 975–1045), was the hereditary abbot of the monastery of Dunkeld, and perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl. Crínán was progenitor of the House of Dunkeld, the dynasty which would rule the Kingdom of Scotland until the later 13th century.
Lord Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis and quickly the Thane of Cawdor, is the title character and main protagonist in William Shakespeare's Macbeth (c. 1603–1607). The character is loosely based on the historical king Macbeth of Scotland and is derived largely from the account in Holinshed's Chronicles (1577), a compilation of British history.
Lord Banquo / ˈ b æ ŋ k w oʊ /, the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play Macbeth. In the play, he is at first an ally of Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they meet the Three Witches together. After prophesying that Macbeth will become king, the witches tell Banquo that he ...
Thane. Tòmag. Torquil. Tyree. Uilleam. Wallace. Wiley. Wilkie. Wylei. Wylie. This article was originally published on TODAY.com
The Scottish Play. A 1972 book cover for a Galician printing of Macbeth. Theatrical superstition holds that speaking the name Macbeth inside a theatre will lead to a curse. The Scottish Play and the Bard's play are euphemisms for William Shakespeare 's Macbeth. The first is a reference to the play's Scottish setting, the second a reference to ...
Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first known Brodie chiefs were the Thanes of Brodie and Dyke in Morayshire. The Brodies were present in several clan conflicts, and during the civil war were ardent covenanters.