Land of the Scots: A Short HistoryFontana Paperbacks, 1983 - 224 էջ |
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... Charles developed into a man of reserved character , and a very much less flexible ruler than his father , whose appreciation of the limits of the possible he never acquired . Charles I saw his duty as the completion of his father's ...
... Charles developed into a man of reserved character , and a very much less flexible ruler than his father , whose appreciation of the limits of the possible he never acquired . Charles I saw his duty as the completion of his father's ...
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... Charles had been defeated at the Battle of Naseby , the decisive blow to the Royalist cause in England . Montrose did not despair , but Charles recognized that he had reached the end of his resources . In 1646 he surren- dered to the ...
... Charles had been defeated at the Battle of Naseby , the decisive blow to the Royalist cause in England . Montrose did not despair , but Charles recognized that he had reached the end of his resources . In 1646 he surren- dered to the ...
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... Charles II returned to England in May , a week before his thirtieth birthday , but neither then nor thereafter did he revisit Scotland . Though Charles I's experiment in absentee monarchy had scarcely been encouraging , Charles II still ...
... Charles II returned to England in May , a week before his thirtieth birthday , but neither then nor thereafter did he revisit Scotland . Though Charles I's experiment in absentee monarchy had scarcely been encouraging , Charles II still ...
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The Making of Scotland prehistoric times | 11 |
A Kingdom Becomes a Nation 12861371 | 43 |
The Early Stewarts 13711513 | 60 |
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