The Story of King AlfredD. Appleton, 1903 - 199 pages |
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Page 33
... Northumbria that of keeping quiet the Britons of Cumberland and of driving back the Picts and Scots ; to East Anglia the defeat of pirates ; to Wessex a watch over the Britons of Cornwall and the pirates of the south , and so 3 ENGLAND ...
... Northumbria that of keeping quiet the Britons of Cumberland and of driving back the Picts and Scots ; to East Anglia the defeat of pirates ; to Wessex a watch over the Britons of Cornwall and the pirates of the south , and so 3 ENGLAND ...
Page 35
... Northumbria , Mercia , and Wessex . I cannot dwell in this place on the history of the successive supremacy of these realms ; the history may be read in the books of many writers . It is sufficient to note that Egbert , King of Wessex ...
... Northumbria , Mercia , and Wessex . I cannot dwell in this place on the history of the successive supremacy of these realms ; the history may be read in the books of many writers . It is sufficient to note that Egbert , King of Wessex ...
Page 41
... Northumbria and in Mercia should have made the thanes anxious to put the whole country into the hands of one strong ruler . Unfortunately , the invasion of the Norsemen came too soon , while the federation of the tribes was as yet only ...
... Northumbria and in Mercia should have made the thanes anxious to put the whole country into the hands of one strong ruler . Unfortunately , the invasion of the Norsemen came too soon , while the federation of the tribes was as yet only ...
Page 44
... Northumbria , or be- tween Wessex and Mercia , we may remember that it is only a year or two since , for party purposes , not even for material interests , or for any advan- tage that might follow - for party purposes only , the then ...
... Northumbria , or be- tween Wessex and Mercia , we may remember that it is only a year or two since , for party purposes , not even for material interests , or for any advan- tage that might follow - for party purposes only , the then ...
Page 74
... Northumbria ; at York , where they were settled in the autumn for their winter quarters , the Northumbrians attacked them , broke into the town , and killed a great many , but were them- selves driven out with the loss of both their ...
... Northumbria ; at York , where they were settled in the autumn for their winter quarters , the Northumbrians attacked them , broke into the town , and killed a great many , but were them- selves driven out with the loss of both their ...
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