Alfred in the ChroniclersE. Stock, 1900 - 236 pages |
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Page vii
... Danes --Their settlements elsewhere -- Alfred's early reforms - His wondrous versatility CHAPTER VI . Great Danish inroad of 876 - Siege of Wareham - Capture of Exeter - Danish fleet destroyed at Swanage Alfred the founder of our navy ...
... Danes --Their settlements elsewhere -- Alfred's early reforms - His wondrous versatility CHAPTER VI . Great Danish inroad of 876 - Siege of Wareham - Capture of Exeter - Danish fleet destroyed at Swanage Alfred the founder of our navy ...
Page viii
... Danes at Chester -Danish fleet taken - Alfred's ships CHAPTER IX . Many - sided greatness of Alfred - His educational reforms - Status of clergy -Asser - Alfred's handbook PAGE 40 45 CHAPTER X. Alfred's publications - ' The Consolations ...
... Danes at Chester -Danish fleet taken - Alfred's ships CHAPTER IX . Many - sided greatness of Alfred - His educational reforms - Status of clergy -Asser - Alfred's handbook PAGE 40 45 CHAPTER X. Alfred's publications - ' The Consolations ...
Page x
... Danes harry East Kent 866. Danes settle in East Anglia . Ethelred King . 867. Danes take York . 868. Danes take Nottingham . Alfred's marriage . 870. Great Danish raid . Sack of Crowland , Peterborough , etc. Battle of Thetford . Death ...
... Danes harry East Kent 866. Danes settle in East Anglia . Ethelred King . 867. Danes take York . 868. Danes take Nottingham . Alfred's marriage . 870. Great Danish raid . Sack of Crowland , Peterborough , etc. Battle of Thetford . Death ...
Page xi
... Danes at Cirencester and Fulham . Eclipse of sun . 880. Danes settle in East Anglia , or leave England . 882. Sea - fight with Danes . 883. Alfred's mission to India . 884. Asser joins Alfred . 885. Danes attack Rochester . Sea - fights ...
... Danes at Cirencester and Fulham . Eclipse of sun . 880. Danes settle in East Anglia , or leave England . 882. Sea - fight with Danes . 883. Alfred's mission to India . 884. Asser joins Alfred . 885. Danes attack Rochester . Sea - fights ...
Page 9
... . It was but just in time . Only four years later , in 832 , the Danes came back , and from thence onward their attacks became unremitting . CHAPTER III . Danish invasions renewed - Sack of London Introductory Sketch 9.
... . It was but just in time . Only four years later , in 832 , the Danes came back , and from thence onward their attacks became unremitting . CHAPTER III . Danish invasions renewed - Sack of London Introductory Sketch 9.
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