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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... sent from the Papal Court to the princes and ecclesiastics of England , or were the production of native writers . The first were transcribed from the Papal Regesta by Nothelm of London , during a residence at Rome , and were sent to ...
... sent from the Papal Court to the princes and ecclesiastics of England , or were the production of native writers . The first were transcribed from the Papal Regesta by Nothelm of London , during a residence at Rome , and were sent to ...
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... sent by him , reduced the Isle of Wight under their dominion . IN the year of Rome 798 , †Claudius , fourth emperor from Augustus , being desirous to approve himself a beneficial prince to the republic , and eagerly bent upon war and ...
... sent by him , reduced the Isle of Wight under their dominion . IN the year of Rome 798 , †Claudius , fourth emperor from Augustus , being desirous to approve himself a beneficial prince to the republic , and eagerly bent upon war and ...
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... sent a letter to him , entreating that by his command he might be made a Christian . He soon obtained his pious request , and the Britons preserved the faith , which they had received , uncor- rupted and entire , in peace and ...
... sent a letter to him , entreating that by his command he might be made a Christian . He soon obtained his pious request , and the Britons preserved the faith , which they had received , uncor- rupted and entire , in peace and ...
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... sent messengers to Rome with letters in mournful manner , praying for succours , and promising perpetual subjection , pro- vided that the impending enemy should be driven away . An armed legion was immediately sent them , which ...
... sent messengers to Rome with letters in mournful manner , praying for succours , and promising perpetual subjection , pro- vided that the impending enemy should be driven away . An armed legion was immediately sent them , which ...
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... sent to Rome , imploring aid , lest their wretched country should be utterly extirpated , and the name of a Roman province , so long renowned among them , overthrown by the cruelties of barbarous foreigners , might become utterly ...
... sent to Rome , imploring aid , lest their wretched country should be utterly extirpated , and the name of a Roman province , so long renowned among them , overthrown by the cruelties of barbarous foreigners , might become utterly ...
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