The Church Historians of England: pt. 1. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. The chronicle of Florence of WorcesterSeeleys, 1853 |
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... Danes got the victory , and slew the king , and subdued all the land , and destroyed all the minsters which they came to . The names of their chiefs who slew the king were Ingwair and Ubba . At that same time they came to Medeshamstede ...
... Danes got the victory , and slew the king , and subdued all the land , and destroyed all the minsters which they came to . The names of their chiefs who slew the king were Ingwair and Ubba . At that same time they came to Medeshamstede ...
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... Danes obtained the victory . And about two months after this , king Aethered and Aelfred his brother fought 1 The text of the MS . is here slightly imperfect , and the corresponding Latin text does not enable us satisfactorily to supply ...
... Danes obtained the victory . And about two months after this , king Aethered and Aelfred his brother fought 1 The text of the MS . is here slightly imperfect , and the corresponding Latin text does not enable us satisfactorily to supply ...
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... Danes had possession of the place of carnage : and there bishop Heahmund was slain , and many good men and after this battle ' there came a great army in the summer to Reading . And after this , over Easter [ 15th April ] , king ...
... Danes had possession of the place of carnage : and there bishop Heahmund was slain , and many good men and after this battle ' there came a great army in the summer to Reading . And after this , over Easter [ 15th April ] , king ...
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... Danes in England swore oaths to king Aelfred upon the holy ring , which before they would not do to any nation ; and they delivered to the king hostages from among the most distinguished men of the army , that they would speedily depart ...
... Danes in England swore oaths to king Aelfred upon the holy ring , which before they would not do to any nation ; and they delivered to the king hostages from among the most distinguished men of the army , that they would speedily depart ...
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... Danes ; and he held the kingdom ' one year and a half less than thirty years . And then Eadward his son succeeded to the kingdom . Then Aethelwald , the etheling , his uncle's son , seized the vill at Winburne , and that at Tweoxneam ...
... Danes ; and he held the kingdom ' one year and a half less than thirty years . And then Eadward his son succeeded to the kingdom . Then Aethelwald , the etheling , his uncle's son , seized the vill at Winburne , and that at Tweoxneam ...
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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.