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The Reformation, with its emphasis on | HISTORY OF WALES

Welsh language and literature

The Reformation, with its emphasis on receiving the word of God in one's own language, brings great benefit to Wales. In the mid-16th there are fewer than 250,000 inhabitants of the principality, yet the Protestant gover...

In 793 the monks on the | HISTORY OF MIGRATION

Vikings

In 793 the monks on the island of Lindisfarne, off the northeast coast of England, are unpleasantly surprised by the arrival of violent raiders from the sea. Their misfortune is the first clearly dated event in the saga...

In 793 the monks on the | HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS

Vikings

In 793 the monks on the island of Lindisfarne, off the northeast coast of England, are unpleasantly surprised by the arrival of violent raiders from the sea. Their misfortune is the first clearly dated event in the saga...

In 793 the monks on the | HISTORY OF THE GERMANIC PEOPLES

Vikings

In 793 the monks on the island of Lindisfarne, off the northeast coast of England, are unpleasantly surprised by the arrival of violent raiders from the sea. Their misfortune is the first clearly dated event in the saga...

In a later stage of this | HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES

Neolithic villages

In a later stage of this deeply mysterious Neolithic tradition the megaliths, previously hidden beneath the mounds of the tombs, emerge in their own right as great standing stones, often arranged in circles. The ritual p...

In a later stage of this | HISTORY OF FRANCE

Neolithic villages

In a later stage of this deeply mysterious Neolithic tradition the megaliths, previously hidden beneath the mounds of the tombs, emerge in their own right as great standing stones, often arranged in circles. The ritual p...

In a later stage of this | HISTORY OF SPAIN

Neolithic villages

In a later stage of this deeply mysterious Neolithic tradition the megaliths, previously hidden beneath the mounds of the tombs, emerge in their own right as great standing stones, often arranged in circles. The ritual p...