Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... lived their lives of faith and self - denial - Ninian who converted the Picts of Galloway ; Dyfrig , Illtyd , Govan , Teilo , Padern and David , the apostles of Wales ; Samson of Dol who crossed the seas from stony Caldey to preach to ...
... lived their lives of faith and self - denial - Ninian who converted the Picts of Galloway ; Dyfrig , Illtyd , Govan , Teilo , Padern and David , the apostles of Wales ; Samson of Dol who crossed the seas from stony Caldey to preach to ...
Page 60
... lived for war and by it . His neighbours had to seek his protection or be ruined . The sole restraint on his power was that of the feudal superior from whom he received his lands . The knight's obligation to his overlord was the ...
... lived for war and by it . His neighbours had to seek his protection or be ruined . The sole restraint on his power was that of the feudal superior from whom he received his lands . The knight's obligation to his overlord was the ...
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... lived on his nerves . He seemed capable of every attitude except moderation . The King , who had been so well served and delighted by his Chancellor's genius , understood his weaknesses perfectly : his vanity and hypersensitiveness ...
... lived on his nerves . He seemed capable of every attitude except moderation . The King , who had been so well served and delighted by his Chancellor's genius , understood his weaknesses perfectly : his vanity and hypersensitiveness ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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