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A History of Scottish Ecclesiastical and Civil Affairs, From the Introduction of Christianity
A History of Scottish Ecclesiastical and Civil Affairs From the Introduction of Christianity Author:John Marshall General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1859 Original Publisher: R. Grant Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select... more » from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. Alexander the Third -- Continued encroachments of the Pope -- A Pope's nuncio -- Cardinal Legate Ottobon -- Cause of Alexander's vacillation -- Council at London -- Journey of Scottish Bishops- elect to Home -- Postulation -- Pluralities -- Death of Alexander the Third ; and of his grand-daughter Margaret, "the Maid of Norway " -- Rival claims of the Baliol and the Bruce -- Varieties of opinion among the Scottish Bishops and clergy -- The conduct of the Pope -- National Council at Dundee -- Insolence of the Pope -- Scotland again put under an interdict -- Scottish indifference to the interdict -- Letter of the Scottish nobility to the Pope -- England's claim of superiority over Scotland formally abandoned -- Death of Robert the Bruce -- Duns Scotus -- The Schoolmen -- Michael Scott -- Suppression of the Knights-Templars -- Knights of St. John ; or, Knights of Malta -- Accession of David the Second -- Battle of Neville's Cross : David the Second taken prisoner -- Death of David the Second -- Power of the Pope at its height -- Distracted state of the Christian world -- Accession of Robert the Second -- Enlargement of the Scottish cathedrals -- Dawn of the Reformation in England -- Wick- lifie -- his New Testament -- Robert the Third -- hia Death- State of the Scottish Church at this period -- Avarice and immorality of the clergy. When Alexander the Third ascended the throne, he was only in the eighth year of his age ; and his reign Alexander lasted thirty-seven years. During the minority of this sovereign, Scotland, owing to the contention of the nobles, for the...« less