Scotland's Story: A New PerspectiveCollins, 1984 - 358 pagini Fighting endless hardship, at war with the English for the greater part of their history and, in their diversity, often warring amongst themselves, the Scottish people have given the world an enormous wealth of creativity and inventive genius out of all proportion to their numbers. This reveals the Scots as they are, and how they have become so: one of the smallest but most influential countries in the world. |
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... French for help . In July 1548 , 7000 French troops , veterans of campaigns in Italy and Germany , arrived . The French , however , refused to let them fight until the Scots agreed to their child Queen Mary marrying the Dauphin , the ...
... French for help . In July 1548 , 7000 French troops , veterans of campaigns in Italy and Germany , arrived . The French , however , refused to let them fight until the Scots agreed to their child Queen Mary marrying the Dauphin , the ...
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... French galleys . ( NLS ) John Calvin ( 1509-64 ) , a French Reformer in Geneva , was John Knox's mentor . ( SNPG ) The Temple de l'Auditoire , Geneva , in which Calvin and Knox preached . It is now used by Scottish , Dutch , Italian and ...
... French galleys . ( NLS ) John Calvin ( 1509-64 ) , a French Reformer in Geneva , was John Knox's mentor . ( SNPG ) The Temple de l'Auditoire , Geneva , in which Calvin and Knox preached . It is now used by Scottish , Dutch , Italian and ...
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... French Ambassador and chief adviser to Mary of Guise , was moved to remark . Mary of Guise was forced to retreat to Edinburgh and thence to Dunbar . The Lords of the Congregation entered the capital in triumph , while she waited for French ...
... French Ambassador and chief adviser to Mary of Guise , was moved to remark . Mary of Guise was forced to retreat to Edinburgh and thence to Dunbar . The Lords of the Congregation entered the capital in triumph , while she waited for French ...
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Acknowledgements | 8 |
Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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