Land of the Scots: A Short HistoryFontana Paperbacks, 1983 - 224 էջ |
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... known as Edgar ' the Peaceable ' , a name which may not have been bestowed for complimentary reasons . In 1098 he formally ceded the Western Isles to Magnus Barelegs , King of Norway , in recognition of the long - established Norse ...
... known as Edgar ' the Peaceable ' , a name which may not have been bestowed for complimentary reasons . In 1098 he formally ceded the Western Isles to Magnus Barelegs , King of Norway , in recognition of the long - established Norse ...
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... known as the ' Declaration of Arbroath ' ( after the Abbey at which it was signed ) . Its best - known passage is worth quoting , for it breathes the patriotism and the sense of nationhood which the War of Independence had called into ...
... known as the ' Declaration of Arbroath ' ( after the Abbey at which it was signed ) . Its best - known passage is worth quoting , for it breathes the patriotism and the sense of nationhood which the War of Independence had called into ...
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... known as the ' run - rig ' system . After the Reformation the monastic lands , once farmed efficiently by the monks , especially those of the Cistercian Order , fell into the hands of the ' Lords of Erection ' and the Protestant lairds ...
... known as the ' run - rig ' system . After the Reformation the monastic lands , once farmed efficiently by the monks , especially those of the Cistercian Order , fell into the hands of the ' Lords of Erection ' and the Protestant lairds ...
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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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