The Conquest of EnglandMacmillan, 1884 - 636 pages |
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Page 34
... actual difference , as both believed , of blood and origin . The tribal king was simply the noblest among the æthe- lings . But with the extinction of the smaller king- СНАР . І. The Ecg berht . ships , and 34 THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND .
... actual difference , as both believed , of blood and origin . The tribal king was simply the noblest among the æthe- lings . But with the extinction of the smaller king- СНАР . І. The Ecg berht . ships , and 34 THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND .
Page 35
John Richard Green. СНАР . І. The Ecg berht . ships , and the subjection of both classes to one of the greater monarchies , the position of the hereditary England of noble was changed . He was no longer of the same blood with the king ...
John Richard Green. СНАР . І. The Ecg berht . ships , and the subjection of both classes to one of the greater monarchies , the position of the hereditary England of noble was changed . He was no longer of the same blood with the king ...
Page 45
... weald , and presenting along СНАР . І. The England of Ecgberht . Wessex . CHAP . I. The England of Ecgberht . its front THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND . 45 Its real weakness The superiority of Wessex derived from the character of country 45,
... weald , and presenting along СНАР . І. The England of Ecgberht . Wessex . CHAP . I. The England of Ecgberht . its front THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND . 45 Its real weakness The superiority of Wessex derived from the character of country 45,
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... the effort after such a sovereignty had hardly begun when it was suddenly broken by the coming of the_Danes . СНАР . І. The England of Ecgberht . E The first Wikings . CHAPTER II . THE COMING OF THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND . 49.
... the effort after such a sovereignty had hardly begun when it was suddenly broken by the coming of the_Danes . СНАР . І. The England of Ecgberht . E The first Wikings . CHAPTER II . THE COMING OF THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND . 49.
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... СНАР . ІІІ . The Making of the Danelaw . 858- 878 . Cleveland remained for centuries to come a thoroughly Their trade . Scandinavian district ; of its twenty - seven lords in Domesday , twenty - three still bore distinctively Danish 1 ...
... СНАР . ІІІ . The Making of the Danelaw . 858- 878 . Cleveland remained for centuries to come a thoroughly Their trade . Scandinavian district ; of its twenty - seven lords in Domesday , twenty - three still bore distinctively Danish 1 ...
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Ælfred Æthelstan Archbishop Asser Athelney attack became Bernicia bishop Boroughs Britain CHAP charters Chron Chronicle Church Cnut Cnut's coast court crown Cumbria Danelaw Danes Danish Danish Conquest death Deira district duke Dunstan Eadgar Eadmund Eadred Eadward Eadwig ealdormanry Ealdormen earl earldom East East-Anglia Ecgberht Elfred England England of Ecgberht English king Englishmen Ethelred Ethelweard fight fleet folk-moot force fyrd gathered Gest Godwine Godwine's Guthrum hand Harald Harthacnut Hist host Jarl Kent king's kingdom land later London lord Malm marriage Mercia Mid-Britain nobles Norman Normandy northern northmen Northumbria Olaf peace pirates political realm reign remained royal rule ruler Saxon seems settlement shire showed strife struggle Stubbs supremacy Swein sword Thames thegn Thorpe throne town Watling Street Welsh Wessex West West-Saxon Wikings William William Longsword Winch Winchester Wise Witan Witenagemot Worc Worcester СНАР