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 190
... Scottish throne . Alexander's rule and that of his father , Alexander II , had given the Scottish lowlands three quarters of a century of freedom from the perpetual border wars with England which had raged in the days of Henry II and ...
... Scottish throne . Alexander's rule and that of his father , Alexander II , had given the Scottish lowlands three quarters of a century of freedom from the perpetual border wars with England which had raged in the days of Henry II and ...
Page 193
... Scottish assessors to advise them on Scottish law . As Edward prided himself on the good justice he offered , the utmost legal nicety was observed . Each of the competitors , who included the King of Norway and the Count of Holland ...
... Scottish assessors to advise them on Scottish law . As Edward prided himself on the good justice he offered , the utmost legal nicety was observed . Each of the competitors , who included the King of Norway and the Count of Holland ...
Page 198
... Scottish arch- bishop had been appointed , its eleven bishops under the primacy of St Andrews had for the past century acknowledged no spiritual superior but the Pope . This had ensured that though , as the champion of civilization and ...
... Scottish arch- bishop had been appointed , its eleven bishops under the primacy of St Andrews had for the past century acknowledged no spiritual superior but the Pope . This had ensured that though , as the champion of civilization and ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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