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... barbarians ' attack on the rest of the island.87 But still Bede makes no accusation of cowardice against the Britons ; he does not repeat Gildas's claim that the wall's guardians were too cowardly and foolish to put up any resistance to ...
... barbarians ' attack on the rest of the island.87 But still Bede makes no accusation of cowardice against the Britons ; he does not repeat Gildas's claim that the wall's guardians were too cowardly and foolish to put up any resistance to ...
Page 79
... barbarians , so far as regards our language ' , cannot read scripture and are , therefore , in such a position . When these barbarians , without the benefit of scripture , reject heretical beliefs , they do so ' by means of that ancient ...
... barbarians , so far as regards our language ' , cannot read scripture and are , therefore , in such a position . When these barbarians , without the benefit of scripture , reject heretical beliefs , they do so ' by means of that ancient ...
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... barbarians have now come to the knowledge of God , by means of me'.28 The ' political ' consequences of this sense of mission were profound because as the leader of the Christian world , a world not confined by race or political ...
... barbarians have now come to the knowledge of God , by means of me'.28 The ' political ' consequences of this sense of mission were profound because as the leader of the Christian world , a world not confined by race or political ...
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Fifth | 23 |
Early Insular History in | 47 |
Ireland England and the Rhetoric | 75 |
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