The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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Page xvii
... KENT , AND CAMBRIDGE . FROM THE ORIGINALS IN PAGE THE BRITISH MUSEUM • • PAGE OF GOSPELS . FROM THE ORIGINAL MS . CHAPEL AT BRADFORD - ON - AVON . MEN OF SAXON BUILDING EXTANT SAXON CHURCH AND REMAINS OF MONASTERY , JAR- 118 130 ...
... KENT , AND CAMBRIDGE . FROM THE ORIGINALS IN PAGE THE BRITISH MUSEUM • • PAGE OF GOSPELS . FROM THE ORIGINAL MS . CHAPEL AT BRADFORD - ON - AVON . MEN OF SAXON BUILDING EXTANT SAXON CHURCH AND REMAINS OF MONASTERY , JAR- 118 130 ...
Page xviii
... KENT . FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE PAGE 274 291 304 316 BRITISH MUSEUM 327 PEVENSEY CASTLE . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY MESSRS . POULTON . • 333 TAPESTRY · WILLIAM OF NORMANDY . FROM THE BAYEAUX SEAL OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR . ORIGINAL IN THE ...
... KENT . FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE PAGE 274 291 304 316 BRITISH MUSEUM 327 PEVENSEY CASTLE . FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY MESSRS . POULTON . • 333 TAPESTRY · WILLIAM OF NORMANDY . FROM THE BAYEAUX SEAL OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR . ORIGINAL IN THE ...
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... Kent are by far the most civilized ( Kent is a wholly maritime region ) . These , indeed , differ but little from the Gauls in habits of life . Many of the inland Britons do not grow corn , but live on milk and flesh , and are clothed ...
... Kent are by far the most civilized ( Kent is a wholly maritime region ) . These , indeed , differ but little from the Gauls in habits of life . Many of the inland Britons do not grow corn , but live on milk and flesh , and are clothed ...
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... ( Kent ) an attack on the camp which Cæsar had constructed by the shore . The attack was made , but without success , and the Britons suffered greatly from a sally of the garrison . The British king now sent envoys to treat for peace ...
... ( Kent ) an attack on the camp which Cæsar had constructed by the shore . The attack was made , but without success , and the Britons suffered greatly from a sally of the garrison . The British king now sent envoys to treat for peace ...
Page 92
... Kent , seeing that the Picts . troubled him by land and the Saxons by sea , thought to himself , I shall do well if I can set these robbers the one against the other . ' So he spake to one Hengist , their chief . ' Let us make alliance ...
... Kent , seeing that the Picts . troubled him by land and the Saxons by sea , thought to himself , I shall do well if I can set these robbers the one against the other . ' So he spake to one Hengist , their chief . ' Let us make alliance ...
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afterwards Alfred ANGLO-SAXON Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet force fought G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships shire slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury