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Cross burning : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cross burning
Cross burning or cross lighting is a practice widely associated with the Ku Klux Klan, although the historical practice long predates the Klan's inception–as far back as Peter of Bruys (1117–1131), who burned crosses in protest of the veneration of crosses. In the early 20th century, the Klan burned crosses on hillsides or near the homes of those they wished to intimidate. ==Scottish origins== In Scotland, the fiery cross, known as the ''Crann Tara'', was used as a declaration of war.〔Letters from Rupert's Land, 1826-1840: James Hargrave of the Hudson's Bay〕 The sight of it commanded all clan members to rally to the defense of the area. On other occasions, a small burning cross would be carried from town to town. It was used as recently as the War of 1812 to mobilise the Scottish Fencibles and militia settled in Glengarry County, Ontario against the invaders,〔(Sketches Illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada ).〕 and in 1820 over 800 fighting men of Clan Grant were gathered, by the passing of the Fiery Cross, to come to the aid of their Clan Lord and his sister in the village of Elgin.〔().〕 The most recent well-known use in Scotland itself was in 1745, during the Jacobite rising,〔(The Capital Scot ).〕 and it was subsequently described in the novels and poetry of Walter Scott.
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