Broken men

In Ireland and Scotland broken men were clansmen who no longer had any allegiance to their original clan,[1][2] and might be outlaws.[3][4]

Notes

1. Fox 1971, p. 146.
2. Adam & Innes 2004, p. 27.
3. Campbell of Airds 2002, p. 94.
4. Roberts 2000, p. 94.

References

• Adam, Frank; Innes, Thomas (2004). The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands 1934 (reprint ed.). Kessinger Publishing. pp. 27. ISBN 978-1-4179-8076-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Campbell of Airds, Alastair (2002). A History of Clan Campbell: From Flodden to the Restoration: (Volume 2 of A History of Clan Campbell) (illustrated ed.). Edinburgh University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-902930-18-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Fox, Richard Gabriel (1971). Kin, clan, raja, and rule: statehinterland relations in preindustrial India (reprint ed.). University of California Press. pp. 146.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Roberts, John Leonard (2000). Clan, king, and covenant: history of the Highland clans from the Civil War to the Glencoe Massacre (illustrated ed.). Edinburgh University Press. p. 134.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)