The Conquest of EnglandMacmillan, 1884 - 636 pages |
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... Danish kings , or some insight of a more sure judgement and knowledge into the relations . of the Norman Conquest . Many years before , listening to some light talk about the epitaphs which men might win , he had said half unconsciously ...
... Danish kings , or some insight of a more sure judgement and knowledge into the relations . of the Norman Conquest . Many years before , listening to some light talk about the epitaphs which men might win , he had said half unconsciously ...
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... Danish attack on Wessex 98 849 . The birth of Elfred 99 , 100 His childhood 99 His position as Secundarius . 101 Political significance of his marriage 101 871 . Danish victory at Reading and encampment on Ashdown 102 · • Importance of ...
... Danish attack on Wessex 98 849 . The birth of Elfred 99 , 100 His childhood 99 His position as Secundarius . 101 Political significance of his marriage 101 871 . Danish victory at Reading and encampment on Ashdown 102 · • Importance of ...
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... Danish settlement in Britain . 868-876 . The Danish settlement in Northumbria Traces in Yorkshire of this settlement The northern trade Traces of their settlement in York Their political organization and the Trithings The Danish ...
... Danish settlement in Britain . 868-876 . The Danish settlement in Northumbria Traces in Yorkshire of this settlement The northern trade Traces of their settlement in York Their political organization and the Trithings The Danish ...
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... Danish wars on the kingly houses of Britain . 143 Ælfred becomes king of the Mercians • · 143 , 144 Ælfred's work in introducing a common law among the English peoples . . 145 , 146 878-884 . The descents of the Danes on Frankland 884 ...
... Danish wars on the kingly houses of Britain . 143 Ælfred becomes king of the Mercians • · 143 , 144 Ælfred's work in introducing a common law among the English peoples . . 145 , 146 878-884 . The descents of the Danes on Frankland 884 ...
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... Danish settlers . 327 , 328 The industrial condition of England · 328-330 Customary rents and payment of labour 330 , 331 Instances of Hurstbourn and Dyddenham • 331 , 332 The rural society as shown in the manor of Cranborne 332 , 333 ...
... Danish settlers . 327 , 328 The industrial condition of England · 328-330 Customary rents and payment of labour 330 , 331 Instances of Hurstbourn and Dyddenham • 331 , 332 The rural society as shown in the manor of Cranborne 332 , 333 ...
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