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    Foundation, declaration and reformation

    Dec 09, 2023 2 minutes

    Arbroath Abbey and its Abbots

    Ishbel Barnes Strathmartine Press, paperback (December 2022) pp.330

    Paperback, £20

    ISBN: 9780995544130

    This book tells the history of Arbroath Abbey from its foundation in 1178 through to Bannockburn, and from the Declaration of Arbroath to its closing during the Protestant Reformation. The abbey’s story

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