The Venerable Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England: Also the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. With Illustrative Notes, a Map of Anglo-Saxon England and a General IndexG. Bell, 1887 - 515 pages |
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Page xvii
... as we have seen , entirely in the monastery of Jarrow , has left it a difficult task for his biographers to extend their accounts of him to King of Kent . * с that length which might seem suitable to his reputation and LIFE OF BEDE . xvii.
... as we have seen , entirely in the monastery of Jarrow , has left it a difficult task for his biographers to extend their accounts of him to King of Kent . * с that length which might seem suitable to his reputation and LIFE OF BEDE . xvii.
Page xxiv
... Kent ; but , as Christianity extended itself over the other kingdoms into which England was then divided , he gradually includes their history in his narrative , until he reaches the year 731. Here he concludes his work , which embraces ...
... Kent ; but , as Christianity extended itself over the other kingdoms into which England was then divided , he gradually includes their history in his narrative , until he reaches the year 731. Here he concludes his work , which embraces ...
Page xxv
... Kent , but with its condition at the time when he wrote ; and the same remark is appli- cable , although in a more limited degree , to most of the southern kingdoms . " ( 2. ) Documents pre - existing in an historical form are seldom ...
... Kent , but with its condition at the time when he wrote ; and the same remark is appli- cable , although in a more limited degree , to most of the southern kingdoms . " ( 2. ) Documents pre - existing in an historical form are seldom ...
Page xxviii
... Kent and Northumbria . The letters of archbishops Lau- rentius and Honorius , concerning the proper time for cele- brating Easter , were probably furnished by the same indi- vidual . The proceedings of the councils of Hertford and ...
... Kent and Northumbria . The letters of archbishops Lau- rentius and Honorius , concerning the proper time for cele- brating Easter , were probably furnished by the same indi- vidual . The proceedings of the councils of Hertford and ...
Page xxxvii
... Kent , and of the other provinces of the Heptarchy ; which formed together the groundwork of his history . With greater honesty than most of his followers , he has given us the names of those six of which contain about seventy letters ...
... Kent , and of the other provinces of the Heptarchy ; which formed together the groundwork of his history . With greater honesty than most of his followers , he has given us the names of those six of which contain about seventy letters ...
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