The Conquest of EnglandMacmillan, 1884 - 636 pages |
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... ealdormen , who had the title , though without a government , on account of their high birth , and out of these the governors were usually chofen . Thus the title of ealdorman denoted fometimes . only a person of quality . There were ...
... ealdormen , who had the title , though without a government , on account of their high birth , and out of these the governors were usually chofen . Thus the title of ealdorman denoted fometimes . only a person of quality . There were ...
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... Ealdorman. But it is plain that the King was the representative of a closer national unity, while the Ealdorman represented the tendency on the part of each tribe or district to claim independence for itself. The government of the ...
... Ealdorman. But it is plain that the King was the representative of a closer national unity, while the Ealdorman represented the tendency on the part of each tribe or district to claim independence for itself. The government of the ...
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... Ealdorman Ethelwine and his close friend , Archbishop Oswald , survived only until 992. Æthelred seems to have taken ... ( ealdorman of the Hwiccian provinces ) in a charter of 997 , which also supplies geographical areas for the other ...
... Ealdorman Ethelwine and his close friend , Archbishop Oswald , survived only until 992. Æthelred seems to have taken ... ( ealdorman of the Hwiccian provinces ) in a charter of 997 , which also supplies geographical areas for the other ...
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... Ealdorman Byrhtferth signs charters in 955 and 956,55 probably as ealdorman of Essex , and in view of the habit of names within families having a common element , it is likely that they were related . Byrhtnoth is first given the title ...
... Ealdorman Byrhtferth signs charters in 955 and 956,55 probably as ealdorman of Essex , and in view of the habit of names within families having a common element , it is likely that they were related . Byrhtnoth is first given the title ...
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... ealdormen . But the appearance of an ealdorman named Ethelwulf ruling Berkshire in 844 under the Mercian king brings the Pangbourne charter into relation with general affairs at a very critical moment of the national history.1 The name ...
... ealdormen . But the appearance of an ealdorman named Ethelwulf ruling Berkshire in 844 under the Mercian king brings the Pangbourne charter into relation with general affairs at a very critical moment of the national history.1 The name ...
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