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4 days ago · David I (born c. 1082—died May 24, 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, Eng.) was one of the most powerful Scottish kings (reigned from 1124). He admitted into Scotland an Anglo-French (Norman) aristocracy that played a major part in the later history of the kingdom. He also reorganized Scottish Christianity to conform with continental European and ...
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15 hours ago · David I (1084 – 24 May 1153), was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Malcolm III and Margaret of Wessex, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093.
23 hours ago · Scotland’s relations with England, with which it was merged in 1707 to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain, have long been difficult. Although profoundly influenced by the English, Scotland has long refused to consider itself as anything other than a separate country, and it has bound itself to historical fact and legend alike in an effort to retain national identity, as well as to the ...
4 days ago · LibriVox recording of The Double by Edgar Wallace. Read in English by Atul Sharma When Dick Staines graduated the University of Cambridge without family connections or inherited wealth, he decides to put his honours science degree in the service of Scotland Yard, where he is marked for rapid promotion.
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2 days ago · The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN: 9780198749202; 560pp.; Price: £85.00. When it comes to Scotland, English historians are often still guilty of presuming that, before the Wars of Independence at least, the government of their northerly neighbour was unsophisticated and in ...
5 days ago · Stone of Scone. A replica of the Stone of Scone at Scone Palace, near Perth, Scotland. Stone of Scone, stone that for centuries was associated with the crowning of Scottish kings and then, in 1296, was taken to England and later placed under the Coronation Chair. The stone, weighing 336 pounds (152 kg), is a rectangular block of pale yellow ...
3 days ago · The official style of James in England was "James the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." The claim to France was only nominal, and was asserted by every English king from Edward III to George III , regardless of the amount of French territory actually controlled.
