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... Scottish Highlands , term a man of English speech and race a " Saxon . " 2. The English Kingdoms . - According to ancient tradition , the first Teutonic Kingdom in this island was that of Kent , which has always kept its British name ...
... Scottish Highlands , term a man of English speech and race a " Saxon . " 2. The English Kingdoms . - According to ancient tradition , the first Teutonic Kingdom in this island was that of Kent , which has always kept its British name ...
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... Scottish mission ( 3 ) —the Synod of Whitby ( 4 ) -the Church of England ( 5 ) . 1. Conversion of Kent . - The heathen English had learned nothing from the Christian Welsh , and their conversion was first undertaken by a mission from ...
... Scottish mission ( 3 ) —the Synod of Whitby ( 4 ) -the Church of England ( 5 ) . 1. Conversion of Kent . - The heathen English had learned nothing from the Christian Welsh , and their conversion was first undertaken by a mission from ...
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... Scottish Mission . - The Ireland had been converted to Christianity in the fifth century , chiefly , as tradition says , by the famous missionary St. Patrick , who was most probably born near Dumbarton . Christianity quickly took root ...
... Scottish Mission . - The Ireland had been converted to Christianity in the fifth century , chiefly , as tradition says , by the famous missionary St. Patrick , who was most probably born near Dumbarton . Christianity quickly took root ...
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... Scottish Bishop of Lindis- farn , Colman , with many of his monks , withdrew to Iona . Trifling as the points at issue seem , in its result the Synod was not unimportant , as it brought all the English Churches into agreement . 5. The ...
... Scottish Bishop of Lindis- farn , Colman , with many of his monks , withdrew to Iona . Trifling as the points at issue seem , in its result the Synod was not unimportant , as it brought all the English Churches into agreement . 5. The ...
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... Scottish affairs ( 2 ) -Flambard's financial expedients ; Anselm made Primate ( 3 ) —the First Crusade ; Normandy mortgaged ( 4 ) —death of William ( 5 ) —building of Westminster Hall ( 6 ) . ' 1. William II . , surnamed Rufus , or the ...
... Scottish affairs ( 2 ) -Flambard's financial expedients ; Anselm made Primate ( 3 ) —the First Crusade ; Normandy mortgaged ( 4 ) —death of William ( 5 ) —building of Westminster Hall ( 6 ) . ' 1. William II . , surnamed Rufus , or the ...
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