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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... France , and brought her with him into this country . received into his kingdom . This crime , unheard - of in all previous ages , is ascribed by many to the bishop and earl alone , as resulting from their counsels . Many also ascribed ...
... France , and brought her with him into this country . received into his kingdom . This crime , unheard - of in all previous ages , is ascribed by many to the bishop and earl alone , as resulting from their counsels . Many also ascribed ...
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... France he died , and his body lies at Winches- 3 ter . And he reigned eighteen years and a half.f ↑ Here follows ( as paragraph 4 according to the figures ) the gene- alogy given at page 6 . dead , Athulf died , and his body reposes in ...
... France he died , and his body lies at Winches- 3 ter . And he reigned eighteen years and a half.f ↑ Here follows ( as paragraph 4 according to the figures ) the gene- alogy given at page 6 . dead , Athulf died , and his body reposes in ...
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... France in the middle of July . After one year king Æthel- byrht died , and his body rests peaceably in the monastery named Sherborne . CHAP . II . OF THE REIGN OF KING ETHELred . Ethered succeeded to the throne after the death of his ...
... France in the middle of July . After one year king Æthel- byrht died , and his body rests peaceably in the monastery named Sherborne . CHAP . II . OF THE REIGN OF KING ETHELred . Ethered succeeded to the throne after the death of his ...
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... France , and sate there one year . A. 881 . Here the army went further into France , and the French fought against them : and In the year of our Lord's incarnation 880 , which was the thirty - second of king Alfred , the above named ...
... France , and sate there one year . A. 881 . Here the army went further into France , and the French fought against them : and In the year of our Lord's incarnation 880 , which was the thirty - second of king Alfred , the above named ...
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... France. 881 Florence situated in the southern part of the Wiccii , and there they remained one year . In the same year , a large army of pagans sailed from foreign parts into the river Thames , and joined the army which was already in ...
... France. 881 Florence situated in the southern part of the Wiccii , and there they remained one year . In the same year , a large army of pagans sailed from foreign parts into the river Thames , and joined the army which was already in ...
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