 Our Lady's Dowry," p. 349. Approaching, then, this difficult but fascinating problem from the point of view of a modern historian, let us first ask what we mean when we talk of " the Earldom of Mar." Lord Crawford speaks of it as "the only survivor of...  Publications - Seite 431888Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Edward Walford, George W. Redway - 1882 - 356 Seiten
...let us first ask what we mean when we talk of " the Earldom of Mar." Lord Crawford speaks of it as "the only survivor of the ancient, I may say prehistoric, Mormaerships of Scotland," * and lays considerable stress on the existence, in 1014, of " Earl Donald I. of Mar " (i. 165). Now,... | |
 | Alexander William C. Lindsay (25th earl of Crawford.) - 1882 - 552 Seiten
...Earldom of Mar. I avow that I do so, but only because it exists ; because I am proud of it ; because it is the only survivor of the ancient, I may say prehistoric, Celtic mormaerships of Scotland ; because its extinction would be tantamount to the loss of one of... | |
 | 1882 - 362 Seiten
...let us first ask what we mean when we talk of " the Earldom of Mar." Lord Crawford speaks of it as "the only survivor of the ancient, I may say prehistoric, Mormaerships of Scotland," * and lays considerable stress on the existence, in 1014, of " Earl Donald I. of Mar " (i. 165). Now,... | |
 | William Duguid Geddes, Peter Duguid - 1888 - 358 Seiten
...attaches to the fateful history of this earldom, of which there are traces as far back as AD 1014. The two volumes of the late accomplished Earl of Crawford...only survivor of the ancient, I may say prehistoric, morrnaerships of Scotland : its extinction would be tantamount to the loss of one of the brightest... | |
 | M. E. Leicester Addis - 1901 - 254 Seiten
...; next the beautiful blue shield of Mar, with six gold cross crosslets. Lord Crawford says of Mar,, "It is the only survivor of the ancient, I may say prehistoric, marmaerships of Scotland, and can distinctly be traced to early Celtic and Pictish times." Sutherland,... | |
 | 1882 - 356 Seiten
...let us first ask what we mean when we talk of " the Earldom of Mar." Lord Crawford speaks of it as "the only survivor of the ancient, I may say prehistoric, Mormaerships of Scotland," * and lays considerable stress on the existence, in io14, of " Earl Donald I. of Mar " (i. 165). Now,... | |
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