Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page xvii
... Christian faith from the cross , and from missionary cells in Celtic Ireland and the western Scottish isles , a succession of heroic evangelists , taking their lives in their hands , converted a savage tribal people and their rulers to ...
... Christian faith from the cross , and from missionary cells in Celtic Ireland and the western Scottish isles , a succession of heroic evangelists , taking their lives in their hands , converted a savage tribal people and their rulers to ...
Page xviii
... Christian civilization in Britain grew out of barbarism because those who preached Christ's gospel of love to its savage tribesmen established centres of example where it could be put into practice and be seen to operate . It was ...
... Christian civilization in Britain grew out of barbarism because those who preached Christ's gospel of love to its savage tribesmen established centres of example where it could be put into practice and be seen to operate . It was ...
Page 383
... Christ's birth , with its bright fires , lighted win- dows and good fare . It came just when it was most needed and broke the winter into two halves , each bearable for the hope of the Christian feast which ended the one and the coming ...
... Christ's birth , with its bright fires , lighted win- dows and good fare . It came just when it was most needed and broke the winter into two halves , each bearable for the hope of the Christian feast which ended the one and the coming ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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