Note 344 — Chapter VI
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“The Goths who conquered Spain in 470, becoming Christians, endeavoured to build their churches in imitation of the spreading and interlacing boughs of the groves in which they had been accustomed to perform their pagan rites in their native country of Scandinavia, and they employed for this purpose Saracen Architects, whose exotic style suited their purpose.”—Warburton.