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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
106 words

In Kent, SE England, chief see of the Church of England. Its history goes back to 597 with the

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Length:
158 words

(see) The primatial see of *England. The see was founded in 597 with the arrival of the mission to

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The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
History, Regional and National History
Length:
299 words

the primatial see of the English church, played an important though at times contested role in Irish ecclesiastical affairs in

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