The Historians' History of the World: Scotland, Ireland, England since 1792Henry Smith Williams Outlook Company, 1904 - World History |
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... Bishop Kennedy in con- trol , 189. The acquisition of the Orkney and Shetland islands , 190. Treaty with England , 191. James ' enmity to his brothers , 193. The rebellion of Albany and the English war , 194. A new revolt and the death ...
... Bishop Kennedy in con- trol , 189. The acquisition of the Orkney and Shetland islands , 190. Treaty with England , 191. James ' enmity to his brothers , 193. The rebellion of Albany and the English war , 194. A new revolt and the death ...
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... . TOOKE , T. F. TOUT , G. TUCKER , BISHOP TURGOT , H. TWISS , WALLACE , S. WALPOLE , T. WALSINGHAM , J. DE WAVRIN , R. WODROW , J. J. A. WORSAAE , A. WYNTOUN COPYRIGHT , 1904 , BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS . All PART XXII SCOTLAND.
... . TOOKE , T. F. TOUT , G. TUCKER , BISHOP TURGOT , H. TWISS , WALLACE , S. WALPOLE , T. WALSINGHAM , J. DE WAVRIN , R. WODROW , J. J. A. WORSAAE , A. WYNTOUN COPYRIGHT , 1904 , BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS . All PART XXII SCOTLAND.
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... bishops from Britain without fixed locality begin to appear in the fourth century , possibly the first con- verts in Scotland had been made before its close . Scotland gave Patrick to Ireland , and Ireland returned the gift in Co- lumba ...
... bishops from Britain without fixed locality begin to appear in the fourth century , possibly the first con- verts in Scotland had been made before its close . Scotland gave Patrick to Ireland , and Ireland returned the gift in Co- lumba ...
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... bishop , for its head . It was a form of Christianity fitted to excite the wonder and gain the af- fection of the heathen amongst whom the monks came , practising as well as preaching the self - denying doctrine of the cross . The ...
... bishop , for its head . It was a form of Christianity fitted to excite the wonder and gain the af- fection of the heathen amongst whom the monks came , practising as well as preaching the self - denying doctrine of the cross . The ...
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... bishops , however , continued to hold the see of Whithorn during the whole of the eighth century . The Northumbrian kings , more successful in the west than in the east , gradually advanced from Carlisle along the coast of Ayr , and ...
... bishops , however , continued to hold the see of Whithorn during the whole of the eighth century . The Northumbrian kings , more successful in the west than in the east , gradually advanced from Carlisle along the coast of Ayr , and ...
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