The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The chronicle of Florence of WorcesterSeeleys, 1853 |
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... Alfred , but upon evidence to which the greatest weight cannot be awarded . The earliest writer who can be adduced for this state- ment is Gaimar , who wrote in the middle of the twelfth century . Speaking of this monarch , he says ...
... Alfred , but upon evidence to which the greatest weight cannot be awarded . The earliest writer who can be adduced for this state- ment is Gaimar , who wrote in the middle of the twelfth century . Speaking of this monarch , he says ...
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... Alfred , a prince earnestly devoted to literature , should write , or cause to be written , a chronicle narrating ... Alfred's life . § 16. These considerations lead to the probable conclusion that the Saxon Chronicle - in its conception ...
... Alfred , a prince earnestly devoted to literature , should write , or cause to be written , a chronicle narrating ... Alfred's life . § 16. These considerations lead to the probable conclusion that the Saxon Chronicle - in its conception ...
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... Alfred's version of that history . See Smith's edition , 474. 19 . The MSS . D. E. F. proceed with the paragraph beginning with the word " Sixty . " $ MSS . D. E. F. in continuation of the introduction . VOL . II . B tressed by a fierce ...
... Alfred's version of that history . See Smith's edition , 474. 19 . The MSS . D. E. F. proceed with the paragraph beginning with the word " Sixty . " $ MSS . D. E. F. in continuation of the introduction . VOL . II . B tressed by a fierce ...
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... Alfred . - P . 12 Transposed to the end of the year in B. C. D. E. F. , and partly repeated by insertion in A. at the end of 845 . 13 Eight , B. C. 14 The whole of this year from E. The lease here recited may be seen in Kemble's Anglo ...
... Alfred . - P . 12 Transposed to the end of the year in B. C. D. E. F. , and partly repeated by insertion in A. at the end of 845 . 13 Eight , B. C. 14 The whole of this year from E. The lease here recited may be seen in Kemble's Anglo ...
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... Alfred to Rome . Leo ' [ IV . ] was then pope of Rome ; and he consecrated him king , and took him for his son at confirmation . Then , in the same year , Ealhere , with the men of Kent , and Huda , with the men of Surrey , fought in ...
... Alfred to Rome . Leo ' [ IV . ] was then pope of Rome ; and he consecrated him king , and took him for his son at confirmation . Then , in the same year , Ealhere , with the men of Kent , and Huda , with the men of Surrey , fought in ...
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Page 40 - And the same year King Athelstan and Elchere the ealdorman fought on shipboard, and slew a great number of the enemy at Sandwich in Kent, and took nine ships, and put the others to flight ; and the heathen men, for the first time, remained over winter in Thanet.
Page 134 - Alas ! that any man should be so prond, so raise himself up, and account himself above all men ! May the Almighty God show mercy to his soul, and grant him forgiveness of his sins...
Page 134 - Among other things is not to be forgotten the good peace that he made in this land, so that a man who had any confidence in himself might go over his realm, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt.
Page 165 - ... could. If two or three men came riding to a town, all the township fled before them, and thought that they were robbers. The bishops, and clergy were ever cursing them, but this to them was nothing, for they were all accursed, and forsworn, and reprobate. The earth bare no corn, you might as well have tilled the sea, for the land was all ruined by such deeds...
Page 63 - Ealdalf of Bamborough, and they confirmed the peace by pledge and by oaths at the place which is called Earnot, on the fourth of the Ides of July; and they renounced all idolatry, and after that submitted to him in peace.
Page 272 - I could discover them, and there, present, to worship and adore according to my desire. I have been the more diligent in the performance of this, because I have learned from the wise, that St. Peter, the apostle, has received from God, great power in binding and in loosing : that he carries the key of the kingdom of heaven ; and consequently I have judged it matter of special importance to seek his influence with God.
Page 48 - And Marinus the pope then sent 'lignum Domini' (of Christ's cross) to king Alfred. And in the same year Sighelm and ^Ethelstin conveyed to Rome the alms which the king had vowed (to send) thither, and also to India to St Thomas, and to St Bartholomew...
Page 165 - ... the land tilled. Then was corn dear, and flesh, and cheese, and butter: for there was none in the land. Wretched men died of hunger ; some went seeking alms who at one while were rich men ; some fled out of the land.