The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts, and Manners, of the Ninth Century, Volume 1Printed and published for the Alfred Committee by J.F. Smith, 1852 |
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... ETHELWErd , surnamed the ' Patrician , ' has left a chronicle of England down to the reign of king Edgar , written in the most barbarous and inflated Latin style that can possibly be conceived . He says , in his own work , that he was ...
... ETHELWErd , surnamed the ' Patrician , ' has left a chronicle of England down to the reign of king Edgar , written in the most barbarous and inflated Latin style that can possibly be conceived . He says , in his own work , that he was ...
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... Ethelwerd 849 * Wantage in Berkshire . Ethelwerd , like the Saxon Chroni- cle , gives the following genealogy in 4. Words , abbreviated in the manuscripts , are written. And he Æthelwulf was the son of Ecgbreht , Ecgbreht of Ealhmund ...
... Ethelwerd 849 * Wantage in Berkshire . Ethelwerd , like the Saxon Chroni- cle , gives the following genealogy in 4. Words , abbreviated in the manuscripts , are written. And he Æthelwulf was the son of Ecgbreht , Ecgbreht of Ealhmund ...
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... Ethelwerd 849 his great - grandfather Eafa , whose father was Eoppa , and his great - grandfather's grand- father was Ingild , brother of Ine , king of the Western- Angles , who ended his life at Rome ; and the above- named kings ...
... Ethelwerd 849 his great - grandfather Eafa , whose father was Eoppa , and his great - grandfather's grand- father was Ingild , brother of Ine , king of the Western- Angles , who ended his life at Rome ; and the above- named kings ...
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... Ethelwerd 849 * The Wihtwara , or in the Latit form , VECTUARII , are the " inha- bitants of Wight ; " hence " Wihtga- raburg " the " town of the inhabi- tants of Wight : " its modern name is CARISBROOK . MATTHEW of WESTMINSTER says ...
... Ethelwerd 849 * The Wihtwara , or in the Latit form , VECTUARII , are the " inha- bitants of Wight ; " hence " Wihtga- raburg " the " town of the inhabi- tants of Wight : " its modern name is CARISBROOK . MATTHEW of WESTMINSTER says ...
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... Ethelwerd 851 Α . 852. Here at. Saron Chronicle 3 And the same year came three hundred and fifty ships to Thames - mouth , and the crews landed and broke into Canterbury and London , and put to flight Beorhtwulf king of the Mercians with ...
... Ethelwerd 851 Α . 852. Here at. Saron Chronicle 3 And the same year came three hundred and fifty ships to Thames - mouth , and the crews landed and broke into Canterbury and London , and put to flight Beorhtwulf king of the Mercians with ...
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