The Anglo-Saxon ChronicleG. Bell and sons, 1909 - 315 pages |
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... Britain had no notion of giving an ac- count of themselves . Angles and Saxons and Jutes seem to have forgotten their old traditions by the ninth century ; and whatever was preserved in the national poetry was not held worthy of a place ...
... Britain had no notion of giving an ac- count of themselves . Angles and Saxons and Jutes seem to have forgotten their old traditions by the ninth century ; and whatever was preserved in the national poetry was not held worthy of a place ...
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... Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles broad ; and here in this island are five languages - English and British and Welsh and Scottish and Pictish and Book - Latin . " The first in- habitants of this land were Britons ...
... Britain is eight hundred miles long and two hundred miles broad ; and here in this island are five languages - English and British and Welsh and Scottish and Pictish and Book - Latin . " The first in- habitants of this land were Britons ...
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... Britain and conquered some portion of the land . And their leader was called Reoda , from whom they are named Dalreodi . Sixty winters ere Christ was born , Gaius Julius , emperor of the Romans , with eighty ships sought Britain . There ...
... Britain and conquered some portion of the land . And their leader was called Reoda , from whom they are named Dalreodi . Sixty winters ere Christ was born , Gaius Julius , emperor of the Romans , with eighty ships sought Britain . There ...
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... Britain and conquered a great deal of the island ; and also the islands of Orkney he added to the dominion of the Romans . 47 [ A ] . Here Claudius , second of the kings of the Ro- mans , sought Britain and brought under his power the ...
... Britain and conquered a great deal of the island ; and also the islands of Orkney he added to the dominion of the Romans . 47 [ A ] . Here Claudius , second of the kings of the Ro- mans , sought Britain and brought under his power the ...
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... Britain with a dike from sea to sea , and then ended his days at York ; and Bassianus his son succeeded to the realm . 189 [ E ] . Here Severus succeeded to the realm and fared with a host into Britain and subdued a great part of the ...
... Britain with a dike from sea to sea , and then ended his days at York ; and Bassianus his son succeeded to the realm . 189 [ E ] . Here Severus succeeded to the realm and fared with a host into Britain and subdued a great part of the ...
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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.