BY
HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
NEW EDITION.
TORONTO:
ROSE-BELFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
60 YORK STREET.
1878.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| CONDITION OF SCOTLAND TO THE END OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. | |
| PAGE | |
| Scotland and Spain are very dissimilar in regard to loyalty | 1 |
| But are very similar in regard to superstition | 4 |
| The Scotch unite liberality in politics with illiberality in religion.This is the largest and most important fact in their history; and the restof the Volume will be occupied in investigating its causes | 5 |
| Influence of physical geography | 5–7 |
| Roman invasion of Scotland | 7–9 |
| Irish invasion of Scotland | 9 |
| Norwegian invasion of Scotland | 11–12 |
| English invasion of Scotland | 12–17 |
| The injury which these invasions inflicted upon Scotland stopped thegrowth of towns, and thereby favoured the power of the nobles | 18 |
| The power of the nobles was still further favoured by the physicalstructure of the country | 19–20 |
| And by the weakness of the Crown | 20–21 |
| Hence their authority had, before the close of the fourteenth century,become enormous. The Crown, completely overshadowed by them, could deriveno aid from the citizens, because, owing to the circumstances just mentioned,there were no cities | 21–23 |
| For, industry was impossible, and the commonest arts were unknown | 23–26 |
| Evidence of the scanty population of the Scotch towns | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |