 Scots, who would not consent to grant them upon any other terms than that when any difficulty should arise, they should choose a king from the female royal race rather than from the male ; which custom, as is well known, has been observed among the Picts...  The Celtic Magazine - Side 342redigeret af - 1887Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 418 sider
...wives, and asked them of the Scots ; who would not consent to grant them upon any other terms, than that when any difficulty should arise, they should...known, has been observed among the Picts to this day. In process of time, Britain, besides the Britons and the Picts, received a third nation, the Scots,... | |
 | Bede (the venerable.) - 1853 - 488 sider
...wives, they asked them of the Scots, who would not consent to grant them upon any other terms than that when any difficulty should arise, they should...known, has been observed among the Picts to this day. § 8. In process of time, Britain, after the Britons and the Picts, received a third nation, the Scots,... | |
 | 1853 - 496 sider
...wives, they asked them of the Scots, who would not consent to grant them upon any other terms than that when any difficulty should arise, they should...known, has been observed among the Picts to this day. § 8. In process of time, Britain, after the Britons and the Picts, received a third nation, the Scots,... | |
 | George Moore - 1865 - 216 sider
...departure to marry into families of the Irish Scots, who, however, would consent only on condition that " they should choose a king from the female royal race rather than from the male;" " which custom," says Bede, " as is well known, has been observed among the Picts to this day." It would appear, therefore,... | |
 | Martin Haverty - 1867 - 798 sider
...Picts had no wives, and asked them of the Scots, who would not consent to grant them on any terms than that when any difficulty should arise they should...known, has been observed among the Picts to this day." See for ample details about the Cruithniaus or Picks, and for all the traditions relative to their... | |
 | Mary Francis Cusack - 1868 - 642 sider
...of helpmates. They applied again to their neighbours, and were obligingly supplied with wives on the condition " that, when any difficulty should arise,...the female royal race rather than from the male." The Picts accepted the terms and the ladies ; " and the custom," says Bede, " as is well known, is... | |
 | Margaret Anna Cusack - 1870 - 488 sider
...of helpmates. They applied again to their neighbours, and were obligingly supplied with wives on the condition ' that, when any difficulty should arise...the female royal race rather than from the male.' The Picts accepted the terms and the ladies ; ' and the custom,' says Bede, ' as is well known, is... | |
 | Martin Haverty - 1872 - 794 sider
...Picts had no wives, and asked them of the Scots, who would cot consent to grant them on any terms than that when any difficulty should arise they should...known, has been observed among the Picts to this day." See lor ample details about the Cruithnians or Picts, and for all the traditions relative to their... | |
 | Mary Francis Cusack - 1875 - 742 sider
...of helpmates. They applied again to their neighbours, and were obligingly supplied with wives on the condition " that, when any difficulty should arise,...the female royal race rather than from the male." The Picts accepted the terms and the ladies ; " and the custom," says Bede, " as is well known, is... | |
 | George Gilbert Scott - 1881 - 300 sider
...and asked them of the Scots, who would only consent to grant them upon these terms : that whenever any difficulty should arise, they should choose a...known, has been observed among the Picts to this day."] The males of the conquered race might, perhaps, have been, in many parts of Britain, exterminated,... | |
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