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Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban Vol. II

Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban Vol. II

by W. F. Skene

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Author
Skene, W. F. (William Forbes), 1809-1892
Title
Celtic Scotland : A history of ancient Alban. Volume 2 (of 3), Church and culture
Original Publication
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1886, copyright 1890.
Credits
MWS, KD Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Scotland -- Antiquities, Celtic
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72728
Release Date
January 15, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CELTIC SCOTLAND: A HISTORY OF Ancient Alban
  2. 2.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.BOOK II. CHURCH AND CULTURE. — CHAPTER I. THE CHURCHES IN THE WEST. — CHAPTER II. THE MONASTIC CHURCH IN IRELAND. — CHAPTER III. THE MONASTIC CHURCH IN IONA. — CHAPTER IV. THE FAMILY OF IONA. — CHAPTER V. THE CHURCHES OF CUMBRIA AND LOTHIAN. — CHAPTER VI. THE SECULAR CLERGY AND THE CULDEES. — CHAPTER VII. THE COÄRBS OF COLUMCILLE. — CHAPTER VIII. THE SCOTTISH CHURCH. — CHAPTER IX. EXTINCTION OF THE OLD CELTIC CHURCH IN SCOTLAND. — CHAPTER X. LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. — APPENDIX. — I. THE OLD IRISH LIFE OF ST. COLUMBA, — II. THE RULE OF SAINT COLUMBA. — III. CATALOGUE OF RELIGIOUS HOUSES, at the end of the Chronicle of Henry of Silgrave , c. A.D. 1272, so far as it relates to Scotland.

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