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 ix
... brought masons and glaziers home with him , having need of their services in the noble buildings which he erected . He tra- velled four or five times to Rome , and became intimate with Pope Agatho . Here he was much captivated with the ...
... brought masons and glaziers home with him , having need of their services in the noble buildings which he erected . He tra- velled four or five times to Rome , and became intimate with Pope Agatho . Here he was much captivated with the ...
Page x
... brought into Britain by Biscop Benedict . This celebrated singer attracted multitudes of people from the counties adjoining to the monastery of Wearmouth to witness his performances . It has also been said by Stubbs , †that Bede ...
... brought into Britain by Biscop Benedict . This celebrated singer attracted multitudes of people from the counties adjoining to the monastery of Wearmouth to witness his performances . It has also been said by Stubbs , †that Bede ...
Page xii
... brought with it a consider- able portion of duties which would not allow him to devote the whole of his time to his favourite occupations . His em- ployment was to say mass in the church , by which we are to understand that he ...
... brought with it a consider- able portion of duties which would not allow him to devote the whole of his time to his favourite occupations . His em- ployment was to say mass in the church , by which we are to understand that he ...
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... brought them to me , to be in- serted in my history . Thus , from the beginning of this volume to the time when the English nation received the faith of Christ , have we collected the writings of our prede- cessors , and from them ...
... brought them to me , to be in- serted in my history . Thus , from the beginning of this volume to the time when the English nation received the faith of Christ , have we collected the writings of our prede- cessors , and from them ...
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... 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 monastery , which ...
... 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 monastery , which ...
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