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Page vii
... tribes supplanted them in the eastern parts of the Island , and in turn received the faith . III . The Medieval period , when the land was ruled by the Norman and Plantagenet Kings , and the Church was more or less subject to Papal ...
... tribes supplanted them in the eastern parts of the Island , and in turn received the faith . III . The Medieval period , when the land was ruled by the Norman and Plantagenet Kings , and the Church was more or less subject to Papal ...
Page xiv
... Tribes 16. Llandaff Cathedral 17. Bangor Cathedral 18. Ruins of Iona ( before recent repairs ) 19. Church at Perranzabuloe in 1835 20. The Bishop's Seat , Exeter 21. St. Mary's Church in Dover Castle 22. Mitre , Staff , and Cushion 23 ...
... Tribes 16. Llandaff Cathedral 17. Bangor Cathedral 18. Ruins of Iona ( before recent repairs ) 19. Church at Perranzabuloe in 1835 20. The Bishop's Seat , Exeter 21. St. Mary's Church in Dover Castle 22. Mitre , Staff , and Cushion 23 ...
Page 1
... tribes who commenced to occupy Britain in the middle of the 5th century . There was , however , a flourishing and well organised Christian com- munity here centuries before that invasion , and one object of these pages will be to show ...
... tribes who commenced to occupy Britain in the middle of the 5th century . There was , however , a flourishing and well organised Christian com- munity here centuries before that invasion , and one object of these pages will be to show ...
Page 2
... tribes with more or less of neglect . But the Celtic tribes are still preserved among us , their languages also ; they are easily distinguishable as separate peoples , even though some of their descendants in every generation have ...
... tribes with more or less of neglect . But the Celtic tribes are still preserved among us , their languages also ; they are easily distinguishable as separate peoples , even though some of their descendants in every generation have ...
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... tribes inhabiting its southern seaboard , but there appears to have been a still more barbarous people , inhabiting the north and west and the adjacent islands , who had settled there centuries before the arrival of the tribes whom ...
... tribes inhabiting its southern seaboard , but there appears to have been a still more barbarous people , inhabiting the north and west and the adjacent islands , who had settled there centuries before the arrival of the tribes whom ...
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