The Conquest of EnglandMacmillan, 1884 - 636 pages |
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... WIKINGS . 829-858 . 787 . The first coming of the pirates 793,794 . Their raids on Northumbria . The significance of their attack Growth of the Scandinavian peoples Conditions of their life Character of their country .50 , 51 51 52 . 52 ...
... WIKINGS . 829-858 . 787 . The first coming of the pirates 793,794 . Their raids on Northumbria . The significance of their attack Growth of the Scandinavian peoples Conditions of their life Character of their country .50 , 51 51 52 . 52 ...
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... Wiking settlement in Ireland 837-845 . The Wikings attack Wessex Death of Thorgils 845 . 845-848 . The pirates leave Wessex to attack Frankland Importance of Kent 838. Pirate - raids on East - Anglia and Kent . 851 . 855 . 853 . 854 ...
... Wiking settlement in Ireland 837-845 . The Wikings attack Wessex Death of Thorgils 845 . 845-848 . The pirates leave Wessex to attack Frankland Importance of Kent 838. Pirate - raids on East - Anglia and Kent . 851 . 855 . 853 . 854 ...
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... Wikings . pallium for Æthelberht's successor in 781 that Alcuin , now the most famous of European scholars , met Charles the Great at Parma , and was drawn by him from his work in Britain to the wider work of spreading intellectual life ...
... Wikings . pallium for Æthelberht's successor in 781 that Alcuin , now the most famous of European scholars , met Charles the Great at Parma , and was drawn by him from his work in Britain to the wider work of spreading intellectual life ...
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... Wikings and England . even more than its military vigour , which so sud- denly set Wessex at the head of the English states and gave into its hands the work of consolidating the English peoples . In Ecgberht's day , however , that work ...
... Wikings and England . even more than its military vigour , which so sud- denly set Wessex at the head of the English states and gave into its hands the work of consolidating the English peoples . In Ecgberht's day , however , that work ...
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... ; and 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.
... ; and 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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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