The Anglo-Saxon ChronicleG. Bell and sons, 1909 - 315 pages |
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Page vi
... Alfred the great was reigning in the southern and eastern dis- tricts of England ; the rest of the land was under the thraldom of the Danes . Alfred was one of those men who thoroughly grasp the needs and oppor- tunities of the age in ...
... Alfred the great was reigning in the southern and eastern dis- tricts of England ; the rest of the land was under the thraldom of the Danes . Alfred was one of those men who thoroughly grasp the needs and oppor- tunities of the age in ...
Page vii
... Alfred , forty years afterwards , was able to make a more significant advance ; he determined that one king and one king only should bear sway in England . His descendants fully absorbed the idea , and never ceased from strife until ...
... Alfred , forty years afterwards , was able to make a more significant advance ; he determined that one king and one king only should bear sway in England . His descendants fully absorbed the idea , and never ceased from strife until ...
Page viii
... Alfred collected such scanty records together and added to them a history of the century in which he lived . Egbert's wars were not yet forgotten , and the deeds of his son and grandsons were still nearer the king's own experience . The ...
... Alfred collected such scanty records together and added to them a history of the century in which he lived . Egbert's wars were not yet forgotten , and the deeds of his son and grandsons were still nearer the king's own experience . The ...
Page ix
... Alfred was not content to collect old records and to bring them up to date with a history of his own times ; he provided for the future by appointing an official , or officials , to continue the work . In 893 the Danes broke once more ...
... Alfred was not content to collect old records and to bring them up to date with a history of his own times ; he provided for the future by appointing an official , or officials , to continue the work . In 893 the Danes broke once more ...
Page x
... Alfred's work . Unfortunately , how- ever , the impulse was soon exhausted ; the various MSS . are obliged to piece out the story of the fifty years following the death of Edward the elder with ballads , notices of deaths , successions ...
... Alfred's work . Unfortunately , how- ever , the impulse was soon exhausted ; the various MSS . are obliged to piece out the story of the fifty years following the death of Edward the elder with ballads , notices of deaths , successions ...
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abbacy abbot Ælfgar Ælfric Æthelbald Æthelbert Æthelhard Æthelred Æthelstan Æthelwulf afterwards aldorman Alfred annal archbishop atheling bade Beorn bishop Britain Britons brother buried burnt Canterbury castle Ceawlin Cenwalh Ceolwulf Cerdic Christ Chronicle church consecrated Cuthred Cynegils Cynewulf Cynric Danes Danish Danish-men died Eadbald earl Godwin earl Harold earl Robert earldom East-Anglia Easter Edgar Edgar atheling Egbert England English fared over sea fared to Rome fought fyrd gathered harried held hither to land honour host fared hostages Kent Kentish-men king Æthelred king Edmund king Edward king Henry king Knut king William king's kingdom London lord mass-day Mercians minster monastery monks night Normandy Northumbrians Offa pall peace Peterborough pope reigned Rochester Sandwich Saxons Scots sent Sept ship-host ships shire slain slaughter slew Stigand straightway succeeded Swegen Thames thegns thence therein thereto thither took Tostig Welsh wended Wessex West-Saxons Westminster Winchester winters witan Wulfhere York
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Page 68 - This port is in the eastern part of Kent, at the east end of the great wood which we call Andred ; the wood is in length from east to west one hundred and twelve" miles, or longer, and thirty miles broad : the river of which we before spoke flows out of the weald.
Page 246 - ... 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.
Page 26 - These are the lands and the fens which the king gave to St. Peter's monastery. Then said the king,
Page 174 - Westminster ; and he gave him a pledge upon Christ's book, and also swore, before he would set the crown upon his head, that he would govern this nation as well as any king before him had at the best done, if they would be faithful to him.
Page 195 - After this the king had a great consultation, and spoke very deeply with his Witan concerning this land, how it was held and what were its tenantry. He then sent his men over all England, into every shire, and caused them to ascertain how many hundred hides of land it contained, and what lands the king possessed therein, what cattle there were in the several counties, and how much revenue he ought to receive yearly from each.
Page 196 - Lammas ; and his witan, and all the land-holders of substance in England, whose vassals soever they were, repaired to him there, and they all submitted to him, and became his men, and swore oaths of allegiance, that they would be faithful to him against all others.