The reign of Eadward the Confessor. 2d ed., rev. 1870Clarendon Press, 1870 |
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... Harthacnut . The purely Norman writers now gain in importance . But , as regards purely English affairs , their importance is of this peculiar kind , that , after reading the English account of any fact , it is needful to turn tween ...
... Harthacnut . The purely Norman writers now gain in importance . But , as regards purely English affairs , their importance is of this peculiar kind , that , after reading the English account of any fact , it is needful to turn tween ...
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... Harthacnut , the English Court had been his usual dwelling - place . Eadward , and Eadward alone , stood forth as the heir of English royalty , the representative of English nationality . In his behalf the popular voice spoke out at ...
... Harthacnut , the English Court had been his usual dwelling - place . Eadward , and Eadward alone , stood forth as the heir of English royalty , the representative of English nationality . In his behalf the popular voice spoke out at ...
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... Harthacnut to retain his hold upon Wessex.2 The election of the Witan gave to the person chosen the sole right to the Crown , but he was put into actual possession of the royal office only by the ecclesiastical consecration . Eadward ...
... Harthacnut to retain his hold upon Wessex.2 The election of the Witan gave to the person chosen the sole right to the Crown , but he was put into actual possession of the royal office only by the ecclesiastical consecration . Eadward ...
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... Harthacnut left the throne vacant . As in other cases before and after , the citizens of London , whose importance grows at every step , together with such of the other Witan as were at hand , met at once and chose Eadward King . As he ...
... Harthacnut left the throne vacant . As in other cases before and after , the citizens of London , whose importance grows at every step , together with such of the other Witan as were at hand , met at once and chose Eadward King . As he ...
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... [ Harthacnut's Danegeld ? ] pro pristinâ egestate temperare . " 3 Ib . " Quo se pronior inclinaverit , eo fortunam vergere ; si auxilietur , neminem ausurum obstrepere , et e converso . " WITENAGEMÓT OF GILLINGHAM . gemót of ham . to Ead ...
... [ Harthacnut's Danegeld ? ] pro pristinâ egestate temperare . " 3 Ib . " Quo se pronior inclinaverit , eo fortunam vergere ; si auxilietur , neminem ausurum obstrepere , et e converso . " WITENAGEMÓT OF GILLINGHAM . gemót of ham . to Ead ...
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Abbey Abbot Abingdon Ælfgar Ælfred Ætheling Alençon Appendix appointment Archbishop banished battle Beorn Biographer Bishop Bishoprick brother canonical castle CHAP character Chron church Cnut consecration Crown cyng Danes death Dipl Domesday doubt doubtless Ducis Duke Eadgyth Eadward Ealdred ealle Earl Earldom ecclesiastical ejus England English Englishmen eorl father favour Flor Florence foreign French Gemót Godwine's Gruffydd Harthacnut Henry Herlwin honour Housecarls King Eadward King's Kingdom land Lanfranc later Leofric Leofwine Macbeth Magnus Malms minster monastery monastic monks Norman Normandy Northumbrian Peterborough Peterborough Chronicle Petrib Prelates prince quæ quod Ralph Regis reign restoration Robert Roman de Rou royal Saint says Scriptt seems seqq shires Siward sons Stigand story Swegen Thegns tion told Tostig VIII Vita Eadw Welsh West-Saxons William of Jumièges William of Malmesbury William of Poitiers Witan Worcester Chronicle writer þæt