The Making of the English Nation (B.C. 55-1135 A.D.)C. Scribner's Sons, 1896 - 113 pages |
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Alfred Alfred's already Angles Anglo-Saxon Anselm archbishop army Athelstan authority baronage barons battle became Bernicia bishops Britain brother Brythons Cæsar called Canterbury Canute Canute's Celtic Celts century character chief Christian Chronicle church Coll Conqueror conquest crown Danes Danish death defeated duke Dunstan Eadgar Eadric Streona Eadwine Eadwine and Morkere ealdormen Earl earldoms East Anglia ecclesiastical Ecgbert Edmund Edward efforts Emperor England English EPOCHS Ethelred Ethelred's famous feudal Flambard fyrd Gaul Godwin Goidelic Harold Harthacnut Henry important inroads invasion island Jutes Kent king of Scots king's kingdom land Lanfranc later Mercia military MODERN HISTORY monasteries Norman Normandy Northmen Northumbria once organization peace political rebellion reign Robert Roman Rome royal rule ruler Scotland settlement shire sovereign Strathclyde struggle success supremacy Sussex Swegen territory Teutonic thegns throne tion Treaty of Wedmore tribes Univ vassals victory Wales Welsh Wessex West Saxon West Saxon kings William Witan York
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