The word “clan” gets thrown around a lot. You see it on tartan scarves at Edinburgh Airport, on ancestry websites promising to reveal your Highland warrior lineage, and on whisky labels designed to evoke misty glens and fierce loyalty. But what did clan really mean to the people who lived inside one? The answer is […]
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