Alfred the GreatMacmillan & Company, 1891 - 334 pages |
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Page 33
... pirates , who were already appearing almost yearly on the coast , in a manner not unworthy of his great father and still greater son . Indeed , if he was swayed more than his father liked by churchmen , the influence of Ealstan , the ...
... pirates , who were already appearing almost yearly on the coast , in a manner not unworthy of his great father and still greater son . Indeed , if he was swayed more than his father liked by churchmen , the influence of Ealstan , the ...
Page 35
... pirates had been lately in the suburbs of the Eternal City , and had profaned the tombs of the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul . What with pagan Danes in the northern seas , and Moors in the Mediterranean , the coasts of Christendom had ...
... pirates had been lately in the suburbs of the Eternal City , and had profaned the tombs of the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul . What with pagan Danes in the northern seas , and Moors in the Mediterranean , the coasts of Christendom had ...
Page 61
... pirates . Whatever the cause , the civil feud raged so fiercely that the Danes were in the very heart of the kingdom before a blow was struck in its defence . Now at last , urged by the Northumbrian nobles , Osbert and Ella made peace ...
... pirates . Whatever the cause , the civil feud raged so fiercely that the Danes were in the very heart of the kingdom before a blow was struck in its defence . Now at last , urged by the Northumbrian nobles , Osbert and Ella made peace ...
Page 84
... pirates were bought out of Wessex by Alfred in the first year of his reign . It seems far more likely that they had had more desperate fighting , and less plunder , than suited them in those eight or nine months since they broke up ...
... pirates were bought out of Wessex by Alfred in the first year of his reign . It seems far more likely that they had had more desperate fighting , and less plunder , than suited them in those eight or nine months since they broke up ...
Page 91
... pirates , he sees , fight his people at terrible advantage by reason of their command of the sea . This enables them to choose their own point of attack , not only along the sea - coast , but up every river as far as their light galleys ...
... pirates , he sees , fight his people at terrible advantage by reason of their command of the sea . This enables them to choose their own point of attack , not only along the sea - coast , but up every river as far as their light galleys ...
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