Editing Rob Roy (novel) (section)

==Literary and cultural setting at time of publication==
''Rob Roy'' was written at a time when many Europeans started regretting [[colonialism]] and [[imperialism]], as reports circulated back of horrendous atrocities towards indigenous cultures.{{original research inline|date=November 2010}} It was also a time when [[Abolitionism|debates]] raged about the [[Atlantic slave trade|slave trade]], the working class started to demand representation, and, more relevant to the novel, the disastrous effect of the [[Highland Clearances]]. During this era, [[William Wordsworth]] wrote ''[[Convention of Sintra|The Conventions of Cintra]]'', praising [[Spanish people|Spanish]] and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Guerrilla warfare in the Peninsular War|resistance]] to [[Napoleon]]ic forces; [[Lord Byron]] would go on to praise [[Amazons|Amazon]]ian women in ''[[Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]]'', inverting the "polite" norms of femininity that the modern "civilized" world placed on them; and, finally, Scott would write about similar events in ''[[The Vision of Don Roderick]]''. The term "[[Guerilla warfare|guerrilla]]" came about during this period due to the influence of the [[Peninsular War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/guerrilla |title=Guerilla |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=7 June 2018}}</ref>