Topic: Scotland
The Celtic people were multiple tribes that differed in many ways but shared a similar language. If asked about the Celts, many refer to Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Celtic religion was based in the natural world that surrounded them and celebrated ...
It?s been estimated that there are about two thousand million people in the world today who call themselves Christians. ?Jesus died for my sins?, I?m saved by the Blood of Christ?, ?I?ve been born again?, and so on, and none of that ...
Missionary and explorer, David Livingstone made his mark in the annals of history. Returning to Africa in 1858 he lead an expedition to explore the River Zambesi which he affectionately called 'God's highway into the interior'. To truly appreciate the achievements of ...
Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland, St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on the 30th November. St. Rule dutifully followed these directions, removing a tooth, an arm bone, a kneecap and some fingers from St. Andrew's ...
Glasgow Cathedral, otherwise known as St. Kentigern's or St. Mungo's Cathedral, is situated in the heart of Glasgow right next to the Royal Infirmary. It's history is of huge importance to the people of not only Glasgow, but Scotland as a whole.It ...
As we saw in Part 5, the Reformation movement rapidly spread across the whole of Europe and had a profound effect on every nation that it touched. However, Scotland had embraced Calvinist Presbyterianism with fervent enthusiasm under the direction of John Knox, ...
BurgessA political representative A clergyman and physician named John Burges lives in England from 1563 to 1635. This is also the period when the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge are started and when the Kingdom of England institutes a ...
Analysing humour recently, a showbusiness commentator said that stupid people doing stupid things isn't funny, clever people doing clever things isn't funny - but clever people doing stupid things is. He's right, but we all know there's a lot more to humour ...
Almost since its lamentable inception in 1999, The Scottish Parliament has introduced a succession of crazy and ridiculous notions to the Scottish social and political landscapes. It has been alleged by Scottish National Party representatives that the Hokey Cokey knows its origins, ...
Two Scottish clans came together in South Africa in the1860s and started a South African dynasty.The first was the clan, established by the Rev DrWilliam Robertson, born on 13 July 1805 on his father?s farm Burn Riggs nearInverurie, near Aberdeen. At about ...
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