Six Old English Chronicles: Of which Two are Now First Translated from the Monkish Latin Originals. Ethelwerd's Chronicle. Asser's Life of Alfred. Geoffrey of Monmouth's British History. Gildas. Nennius. and Richard of CirencesterJohn Allen Giles, Gildas G. Bell, 1885 - 512 pages |
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... night of Christ's nativity . And in the same year king Egbert reduced under his power all that part of the kingdom which lies to the south of the river Humber : he was the eighth king in Britain who was famous for his great power . For ...
... night of Christ's nativity . And in the same year king Egbert reduced under his power all that part of the kingdom which lies to the south of the river Humber : he was the eighth king in Britain who was famous for his great power . For ...
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... night , lay waste all the eastern coast of Kent . A. 866. After one year king Ethelbert died , and his body rests peaceably in the monastery named Sherborne CHAP . II . Of the reign of king Ethelred . Ethelred succeeded to the throne ...
... night , lay waste all the eastern coast of Kent . A. 866. After one year king Ethelbert died , and his body rests peaceably in the monastery named Sherborne CHAP . II . Of the reign of king Ethelred . Ethelred succeeded to the throne ...
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... nights , and arrive on the shores of Cornwall : here they left their fleet , which had been guided , not by the strength of their arms , but by the power of Him who rules all things , and set out for the court of king Alfred , who with ...
... nights , and arrive on the shores of Cornwall : here they left their fleet , which had been guided , not by the strength of their arms , but by the power of Him who rules all things , and set out for the court of king Alfred , who with ...
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... night , and setting at naught their engage- ments , and spurning at the promised money , which they knew was less than they could get by plunder , they ravaged all the eastern coast of Kent . In the year of our Lord's incarnation 866 ...
... night , and setting at naught their engage- ments , and spurning at the promised money , which they knew was less than they could get by plunder , they ravaged all the eastern coast of Kent . In the year of our Lord's incarnation 866 ...
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... his own mother , who was dead in A.D. 856 , when Alfred was not yet seven years old . When his father brought Judith from France Alfred was thirteen years old day and night in his bosom , as we ourselves E 2 A.D. 864.1 ...
... his own mother , who was dead in A.D. 856 , when Alfred was not yet seven years old . When his father brought Judith from France Alfred was thirteen years old day and night in his bosom , as we ourselves E 2 A.D. 864.1 ...
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