Broken men explained

In Ireland and Scotland broken men were clansmen who no longer had any allegiance to their original clan, and might be outlaws.

References

• Book: Adam . Frank . Innes . Thomas . 2004 . The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands 1934 . reprint . Kessinger Publishing. 978-1-4179-8076-5 . 27.
• Book: Campbell of Airds, Alastair . Alastair Campbell of Airds . 2002 . A History of Clan Campbell: From Flodden to the Restoration: (Volume 2 of A History of Clan Campbell) . illustrated . Edinburgh University Press . 978-1-902930-18-3 . 94.
• Book: Fox, Richard Gabriel . 1971 . Kin Clan Raja and Rule: State-Hinterland Relations in Preindustrial India . reprint . University of California Press . 146.
• Book: Roberts, John Leonard . 2000. Clan, King, and Covenant: History of the Highland Clans from the Civil War to the Glencoe Massacre . illustrated . Edinburgh University Press . 134.