Alfred the GreatMacmillan & Company, 1869 - 334 pages |
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Page 39
... Northmen on his coasts ; from turbulent nephew Pepin , with infidel Saracens for allies , on the south ; from disloyal nobles in Aquitaine itself , the court of Charles the Bald was at once stately and magnificent , and the centre of ...
... Northmen on his coasts ; from turbulent nephew Pepin , with infidel Saracens for allies , on the south ; from disloyal nobles in Aquitaine itself , the court of Charles the Bald was at once stately and magnificent , and the centre of ...
Page 43
... Northmen . " This trust Baldwin faithfully performed , building the fortress of Bruges , and ruling Flanders manfully for many years . And our Alfred , though , we may be sure , much shocked in early years at the doings of his young ...
... Northmen . " This trust Baldwin faithfully performed , building the fortress of Bruges , and ruling Flanders manfully for many years . And our Alfred , though , we may be sure , much shocked in early years at the doings of his young ...
Page 57
... Northmen , Scandinavians , Danes , like the Saxons , elect their kings and chiefs , noble lineage and valour being the qualifi- cations for the kingly office . Affairs of moment are decided by general assemblies , in which the kings ...
... Northmen , Scandinavians , Danes , like the Saxons , elect their kings and chiefs , noble lineage and valour being the qualifi- cations for the kingly office . Affairs of moment are decided by general assemblies , in which the kings ...
Page 58
... Northmen , a Scandinavian alphabet , and songs of battle . A teacher as well as a soldier , he had led them from the shores of the Black Sea ( so their traditions told ) to the fiords of Norway , the far shores of Iceland . Departed ...
... Northmen , a Scandinavian alphabet , and songs of battle . A teacher as well as a soldier , he had led them from the shores of the Black Sea ( so their traditions told ) to the fiords of Norway , the far shores of Iceland . Departed ...
Page 97
... standard wandering bands of sturdy Northmen . The most important of these reinforcements came to him from an unexpected quarter this autumn . We have not S. L. VIII . H heard for some years of Hubba , the brother of THE SECOND WAVE . 97.
... standard wandering bands of sturdy Northmen . The most important of these reinforcements came to him from an unexpected quarter this autumn . We have not S. L. VIII . H heard for some years of Hubba , the brother of THE SECOND WAVE . 97.
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