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 186
... round him . In June 1283 , a fugitive in the barren hills round Cader Idris , he was betrayed by his own countrymen and handed over to Edward who refused even to see him . Condemned to a traitor's death by a Parliament called at ...
... round him . In June 1283 , a fugitive in the barren hills round Cader Idris , he was betrayed by his own countrymen and handed over to Edward who refused even to see him . Condemned to a traitor's death by a Parliament called at ...
Page 219
... Round Tower in Windsor Castle to house a round table at which he and his knights could feast as equals ' in fair fellowship ' after their jousts and tournaments . It was not only with his hereditary magnates that , taught by his ...
... Round Tower in Windsor Castle to house a round table at which he and his knights could feast as equals ' in fair fellowship ' after their jousts and tournaments . It was not only with his hereditary magnates that , taught by his ...
Page 386
... round the parish church . Here every Sunday and on the more important of the thirty or forty holy days of the year which were his holidays and the occasion of his feasts and fasts , he listened , in awe and with bowed head , to the ...
... round the parish church . Here every Sunday and on the more important of the thirty or forty holy days of the year which were his holidays and the occasion of his feasts and fasts , he listened , in awe and with bowed head , to the ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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