A History of Greater Britain as Well England as Scotland, Band 10

John Major

Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society, 1892 - 476 Seiten

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LIFE OF THE AUTHOR BY ENEAS J G MACKAY	lxiii

Note on the School of the Terminists	cxxii

A short Preface by John Major theologian of Paris	1

Concerning things that are lacking in Britain	12

Of the situation of Britain that is of England	19

Of the boundaries of Scotland its cities towns	27

Concerning the Manners and Customs of the Scots	40

Something further concerning the manners	47

Of Edward the Second king of the English and	225

BOOK V	231

Of the drawing up of the two armies in order	238

How the kings ravaged each the others country	245

Concerning Isabella sister of the king of the French	253

Of the complaint made by Edward the father	262

Of the deeds of Robert Bruce king of the Scots	263

Of the brave deeds of James Douglas and his death	269

Of the Origin of the Picts their Name and Customs	54

5	60

Concerning the Strife between the Picts and Scots	61

Concerning the affairs of the Britons	67

Of Aurelius Ambrosius and his reign	78

Concerning Eochodius Aidan and Eugenius kings	85

Of the conversion of Oswald likewise of the too great	91

Concerning the death of Malduin the reigns of	98

BOOK III	109

Of the children of Knoth king of England Of	115

Concerning Malcolm Canmore and Machabeda kings	121

Of the deeds of the English first of the invasion	127

Of the reign in England of William Rufus how he	129

Of Henry Beauclerk king of the English and of	143

12	148

Of the martyrdom of the Blessed Thomas and the	150

Of John that far from worthy king of the English	157

Of William king of the Scots his captivity and	163

Of William the Scot and Alexander Williams son	167

17	173

Of Alexander the Third king of Scotland and	182

Of what took place in Britain at this time according	191

Of John Cumming regent of Scotland of the rest	202

Containing many reasons in support of the claim	209

Of the objections that may be urged against this	215

Of the return of earl Randolph to Scotland of	276

Of the siege of Perth and Stirling of the recovery	282

Of the dangers that beset the favourites of kings	290

How Eugene the Frenchman was sent into Scotland	294

Of the death of Edward the Third and his son	301

Concerning Richard of England how he took	307

Of the battle that was fought at Otterburn and	315

Of the rest of this said battle and its renewal by	324

Of the choice of the younger Robert as Regent of Scot	329

Of the creation of new dukes and of the conspiracy	335

Of the achievements of Henry the Fifth king of	342

Of the return of James the First the Scot into	350

Of the twin sons that were born to the king and	359

Of the fearful but welldeserved punishment that	368

Of the birth of Edward of England and the rebellion	377

Of the coronation of James the Third of Henry	387

ADDITIONAL NOTES	395

19	397

APPENDICES	400

27	408

PREFACES TO JOHN MAJORS WORKS	418

220	455

282	458

292	464

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A History of Greater Britain as Well England as Scotland, Band 10
John Major
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A History of Greater Britain As Well England As Scotland
Thomas Graves Law,John Major,Archibald David Constable
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Seite xv - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.‎

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Seite 472 - October. 8. Two stated Meetings of the Council shall be held each year, one on the last Tuesday of May, the other on the Tuesday preceding the day upon which the Annual General Meeting shall be held. The Secretary, on the request of three Members of the Council, shall call a special meeting of the Council.‎

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Seite 150 - Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine : upon the walls of thine house. Thy children like the olive-branches : round about thy table. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed : that feareth the Lord.‎

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Seite 288 - ... [4.] Now temporal blessings are enjoyed of those which have them, know them, esteem them according to that they are in their own nature. Wherefore of the wicked whom God doth hate his usual and ordinary speeches are, that " blood-thirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days ; " l that God shall cause "a pestilence to cleave ‎

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Seite 472 - Society is the discovery and printing, under selected editorship, of unpublished documents illustrative of the civil, religious, and social history of Scotland. The Society will also undertake, in exceptional cases, to issue translations of printed works of a similar nature, which have not hitherto been accessible in English. 2. The number of Members of the Society shall be limited to 400.‎

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Seite 472 - RULES 1. THE object of the Society is the discovery and printing, under selected editorship, of unpublished documents illustrative of the civil, religious, and social history of Scotland. The Society will also undertake, in exceptional cases, to issue translations of printed works of a similar nature, which have not hitherto been accessible in English.‎

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Titel	A History of Greater Britain as Well England as Scotland, Band 10 A history of Greater Britain as well England as Scotland, John Major Band 10 von Publications of the Scottish History Society Band 10 von Scottish History Society
Autor/in	John Major
Herausgeber	Archibald David Constable
Verlag	Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society, 1892
Länge	476 Seiten

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