The History of Scotland, the Romance of Scotland, and "Outlander"
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Catholics in the Lowlands
The english tried to break this alliance, and repeatedly, in the 15 forties and fifties, tried to attack scotland. They bombarded edinburgh to try to force the royal court to agree to a marriage mary queen of scots to henry's son, edward. The rough wooing right wooing was unsuccessful. And then following on its heels, the here was a spreading protestant movement in scotland, especially in the lowlands. There are catholic recusants in sctland, just as there are in england, but there are even a bit more of them in scottland. So most of the highlands remain catholic
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