Celtic Scotland - a history of ancient Alban (1876) (14579347599)

Identifier: celticscotlandh01sken (find matches)

Title: Celtic Scotland : a history of ancient Alban

Year: 1876 (1870s)

Authors: Skene, William Forbes, 1809-1892

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Publisher: Edinburgh : Edmonston & Douglas

Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto

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Angles, and flows past Stirling, to the river Tay. This pro-vince consists, therefore, of the districts of Monteith andStratherne, and was certainly that known by the name ofFortrenn. The second province extended to the Hilef, andcontains the districts encircled by the sea as far as the hill ^ In vi. anno Constantinus rex et Cel- the cause assigned by the same Chron- lachus episcopus leges disciplinasqiie icle for the downfall of the Picts,Sed fidei atquejuraecclesiarum evaiigelio- et in jure requitatis aliis sequi parari rumque pariter cum Scottis in Colle noluerunt. The scene of this solemn Credulitatis, prope regali civitati assembly, and its object, throws light Scoan devoverunt custodiri. At hoc upon Bedcs account of the assembly die collis hoc meruit nomen, id est, in which Nectan, king of the Picts, Collis Credulitatis.—Pict.Chron. The issued a decree affecting the church expressionpariter cum Scottis,has an in 710.obvious relation to the expression in w THE KIXGDOM or ATJBAN

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CHAr. VII.) THE KINGDOM OF ALBAN. 341 on the north of the plain of Stirling called Athran. If byHilef he means the river Isla, he must have supposed thatinstead of falling into the Tay it flowed in a direct linetowards the sea, but he may also have meant the placenow called Lyff, on the present boundary between the coun-ties of Perth and Forfar at the sea. By Athran, Athrie,near Stirling, is meant, and this province evidently con-tained the whole peninsula of Fife, including Kinross andClackmannan, along with the district of Gowrie. The thirdprovince extends from Hilef to the Dee, and contains theold districts of Angus and Mearns, now the counties ofForfar and Kincardine. The fourth province extended fromthe river Dee to the river Spey, and included the old dis-tricts of Mar and Buchan, now the counties of Aberdeenand Banff. The fifth province extended from the Spey tothe mountains of Brumalban, or Breadalbane, and by it thedistrict of Atholl seems meant. The sixth province wasMuref o

Кельтская Шотландия, история древнего Альбана, 1876 г. книжные иллюстрации Шотландия высокое разрешение изображения из интернет-архива Канада

1876

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