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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... , by whose preaching the Mercians were induced to renounce paganism . The history of this kingdom is obscure , and consists of an account of its conversion , the succession of its sovereigns and its bishops xxvi PREFACE .
... , by whose preaching the Mercians were induced to renounce paganism . The history of this kingdom is obscure , and consists of an account of its conversion , the succession of its sovereigns and its bishops xxvi PREFACE .
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... Mercians was brought to the faith of Christ , which they knew not before , and how that of the East Saxons recovered the same , after having expelled it , and how those fathers lived and died , we learned from the brethren of the ...
... Mercians was brought to the faith of Christ , which they knew not before , and how that of the East Saxons recovered the same , after having expelled it , and how those fathers lived and died , we learned from the brethren of the ...
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... Mercians , anno 793 , founded in this place the stately monastery of St. Alban , and procured and granted it extraordinary privi- leges , upon which arose the town of St. Albans , in Hertfordshire . As the saint of this church was the ...
... Mercians , anno 793 , founded in this place the stately monastery of St. Alban , and procured and granted it extraordinary privi- leges , upon which arose the town of St. Albans , in Hertfordshire . As the saint of this church was the ...
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... Mercians , all the race of the Northumbrians , that is , of those nations that dwell on the north side of the river Humber , and the other nations of the English . The two first commanders are said to have been Hengist and Horsa . Of ...
... Mercians , all the race of the Northumbrians , that is , of those nations that dwell on the north side of the river Humber , and the other nations of the English . The two first commanders are said to have been Hengist and Horsa . Of ...
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... Mercians . Afterwards other children of his by Queen Ethelberga were baptized , viz . Ethelhun and his daughter Etheldrith , and another , Wuscfrea , a son ; the first two of which were snatched out of this life whilst they were still ...
... Mercians . Afterwards other children of his by Queen Ethelberga were baptized , viz . Ethelhun and his daughter Etheldrith , and another , Wuscfrea , a son ; the first two of which were snatched out of this life whilst they were still ...
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