The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, According to the Several Original Authorities, Volume 2; Volume 23, Part 2Benjamin Thorpe Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
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... Mercians , and all the Northumbrians . Their lead- ers were two brothers , Hengest and Horsa . They were sons of Wihtgils ; Wihtgils was son of Witta , Witta of Wecta , Wecta of Woden . From Woden sprang all our royal kin , and the ...
... Mercians , and all the Northumbrians . Their lead- ers were two brothers , Hengest and Horsa . They were sons of Wihtgils ; Wihtgils was son of Witta , Witta of Wecta , Wecta of Woden . From Woden sprang all our royal kin , and the ...
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... Mercians became Christians . Then had passed , from the beginning of the world , five thousand eight hundred and fifty winters . And Peada , son of Penda , succeeded to the kingdom An . DC.L. In this year Birinus the bishop died , and ...
... Mercians became Christians . Then had passed , from the beginning of the world , five thousand eight hundred and fifty winters . And Peada , son of Penda , succeeded to the kingdom An . DC.L. In this year Birinus the bishop died , and ...
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... Mercians . ' In his time he and Oswiu , the brother of king Oswald , came together , and said that they would rear a monastery to the glory of Christ and the honour of St. Peter . And they did so , and gave it the name of Medeshamstede ...
... Mercians . ' In his time he and Oswiu , the brother of king Oswald , came together , and said that they would rear a monastery to the glory of Christ and the honour of St. Peter . And they did so , and gave it the name of Medeshamstede ...
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... Mercians , who was named Jaruman , and bishop Tuda . And there was Wilfrith the priest , who was afterwards a bishop ; and there were all his thanes that were in his kingdom . When the monastery was hallowed in the name of St. Peter and ...
... Mercians , who was named Jaruman , and bishop Tuda . And there was Wilfrith the priest , who was afterwards a bishop ; and there were all his thanes that were in his kingdom . When the monastery was hallowed in the name of St. Peter and ...
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... Mercians ; and * of Lindisfarne . Tuda , the bishop , and Wilfrith . the priest , who was after- wards bishop , and Eoppa the priest , whom king Wulfhere sent to preach Christianity in Wight ; and Saxulf abbot , and Immine aldorman ...
... Mercians ; and * of Lindisfarne . Tuda , the bishop , and Wilfrith . the priest , who was after- wards bishop , and Eoppa the priest , whom king Wulfhere sent to preach Christianity in Wight ; and Saxulf abbot , and Immine aldorman ...
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Page 230 - They had done homage to him and sworn oaths, but held no faith ; for every powerful man made his castles and held them against him, and they filled the land full of castles. They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men.
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Page 230 - They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tortured them with pains unspeakable, for never were any martyrs tormented as these were.
Page 231 - ... 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...
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