The reign of Eadward the Confessor. 2d ed., rev. 1870Clarendon Press, 1870 |
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... doubtless much CHAP . VII . of the exaggeration of a panegyrist , anxious to raise his hero's reputation to the highest point . But it is possible that Magnus might just now take some pains to conciliate Eadward , in order to hinder ...
... doubtless much CHAP . VII . of the exaggeration of a panegyrist , anxious to raise his hero's reputation to the highest point . But it is possible that Magnus might just now take some pains to conciliate Eadward , in order to hinder ...
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... doubtless in CHAP . VII . some respects a better man than Cnut , than Harold , or than William ; as a King of the eleventh century no one will venture to compare him with those three mighty ones . His wars were waged by deputy , and his ...
... doubtless in CHAP . VII . some respects a better man than Cnut , than Harold , or than William ; as a King of the eleventh century no one will venture to compare him with those three mighty ones . His wars were waged by deputy , and his ...
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... doubtless dis- charged conscientiously and to the best of his ability , were with Eadward always something which went against the His virtues grain . His natural place was , not on the throne of Eng- wholly monastic . land , but at the ...
... doubtless dis- charged conscientiously and to the best of his ability , were with Eadward always something which went against the His virtues grain . His natural place was , not on the throne of Eng- wholly monastic . land , but at the ...
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... " It is remarkable how seldom , especially in the early part of Eadward's reign , the foreigners appear to sign charters . They were doubtless jealously watched . CHAP . VII . Eadward had brought with him his Oct Sept Sept.
... " It is remarkable how seldom , especially in the early part of Eadward's reign , the foreigners appear to sign charters . They were doubtless jealously watched . CHAP . VII . Eadward had brought with him his Oct Sept Sept.
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... doubtless hoped , of becoming , at least in the female line , the ancestor of a line of princes . over care household . ment of dom . The faults of the great Earl then are manifest . But Godwine's his virtues are equally manifest . In ...
... doubtless hoped , of becoming , at least in the female line , the ancestor of a line of princes . over care household . ment of dom . The faults of the great Earl then are manifest . But Godwine's his virtues are equally manifest . In ...
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Abbey Abbot Abingdon 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 Elfgar 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 þam