Alfred in the ChroniclersE. Stock, 1900 - 236 pages |
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... King of France . 846. Saracens sack Rome . 847. Leo IV . Pope . English school burnt down . 849. Alfred born . 851 ... Ethelred King . 867. Danes take York . 868. Danes take Nottingham . Alfred's marriage . 870. Great Danish raid . Sack ...
... King of France . 846. Saracens sack Rome . 847. Leo IV . Pope . English school burnt down . 849. Alfred born . 851 ... Ethelred King . 867. Danes take York . 868. Danes take Nottingham . Alfred's marriage . 870. Great Danish raid . Sack ...
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... their whole force into Wessex itself . § S. This year first brings Alfred upon the scene . First along with his brother , King Ethelred , who died in the thick 1 6 of the struggle , then as King himself 12 Alfred in the Chroniclers.
... their whole force into Wessex itself . § S. This year first brings Alfred upon the scene . First along with his brother , King Ethelred , who died in the thick 1 6 of the struggle , then as King himself 12 Alfred in the Chroniclers.
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... Ethelred mortally wounded . While he was dying at Wimborne , in Dorset - so ... King , on the sole condition of withdrawing from his own immediate realm of ... King of Mercia ( who died in exile at Rome ) , and the establishment of Danish ...
... Ethelred mortally wounded . While he was dying at Wimborne , in Dorset - so ... King , on the sole condition of withdrawing from his own immediate realm of ... King of Mercia ( who died in exile at Rome ) , and the establishment of Danish ...
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... King they would best profit . ' The pirate crews were justly hanged ; and after this no serious Viking invasion troubled the land for nearly a century . When next the Danes returned in force , it was in the miserable reign of Ethelred ...
... King they would best profit . ' The pirate crews were justly hanged ; and after this no serious Viking invasion troubled the land for nearly a century . When next the Danes returned in force , it was in the miserable reign of Ethelred ...
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... King Ethelwulf tithed the realm , and how he wedded Judith , and what came thereof . 19. How King Ethelwulf died , and of his will . 21. Of King Ethelbald . 22. Of King Ethelbert . 24. Of King Ethelred , and of the Danes in East Anglia ...
... King Ethelwulf tithed the realm , and how he wedded Judith , and what came thereof . 19. How King Ethelwulf died , and of his will . 21. Of King Ethelbald . 22. Of King Ethelbert . 24. Of King Ethelred , and of the Danes in East Anglia ...
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