Sentence examples for reign of david from inspiring English sources

Lanarkshire probably became an administrative region during the reign of David I (1124 53).

The quality of the preserved narrative of the reign of David, which gives every indication of having come from the hand of a contemporary eyewitness, demonstrates that literature flourished under the aegis of the court.

The third section of Samuel (II Samuel, chapter 6 through chapter 20, verse 22) contains the account of the reign of David from Jerusalem, ruling over a minor empire that stretched from Egypt in the south to Lebanon in the north and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Arabian Desert in the east.

Bruce, Stewart, Comyn, and Oliphant are among the noted names whose bearers went from northern France to England during the Norman Conquest in 1066 and then to Scotland in the reign of David I. To these and other French-speaking immigrants, David granted land in return for specified military service or contributions of money, as had been done in England from the time of the Conquest.

The push for this change was the reign of David I and the Davidian Revolution.

The author writing out an operations order during the reign of David the Terrible.

The England forward, though, has been equally pleased with the effect the Dutchman has had on a squad which Van Gaal described as "broken" following the disastrous reign of David Moyes.

But the turnout was still substantial and appropriate for a man charged with returning the Red Devils to their former glory after the hugely disappointing reign of David Moyes.

In the Kingdom of Scotland, during the reign of David II, an export duty of 4d. was imposed on each polecat fur trimmer, which was raised to 8d. in 1424.

The earliest historical record of a MacLeod chief occurs almost a century after he is thought to have flourished when the names of "Malcolme, son to Tormode M'Cloyde", and that of "Torkyll M'Cloyd", appear in a royal charter during the reign of David II, King of Scots (r. 1329 1371).

In the 20th century, several studies were devoted to Normanisation in 12th century Scotland, focusing upon and hence emphasising the changes brought about by the reign of David I. Græme Ritchie's The Normans in Scotland (1954), Archie Duncan's Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom (1974) and the many articles of G. W. S. Barrow all formed part of this historiographical trend.