The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Estes and Lauriat, 1874 |
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Abbey abbot Agricola Alfred Alfred's amidst amongst ancient Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle archbishop arms army Asser asserted Athelstan barons battle Bayeux Tapestry became Becket bishop Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called Canute castle century character Christian Chronicle Church civilisation coast command Conqueror conquest court crown Danes Danish death district dominion duke Dunstan ealdorman earl East Anglia ecclesiastical Edgar Edward Edward the Confessor enemy English Ethelfleda Ethelred Ethelwulf father feudal France Gaul Godwin Harold held Henry Henry of Huntingdon historian hundred invaders island John king of England king's kingdom knights labour land laws London lord Malmesbury marched Mercia monks nation nobles Norman Normandy Northumbria oppression Ordericus Ordericus Vitalis peace period plunder pope possession priests prince queen race ravaged recorded reign revolt Richard Robert Roman Rome royal Saxon says Scotland soldiers sword Tacitus Thames thousand throne towns Wales wall Wessex whilst William witan
Popular passages
Page 254 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die...
Page 357 - No scutage or aid shall be imposed in our kingdom, unless by the general council of our kingdom...
Page vii - The historian scarcely giveth leisure to the moralist to say so much, but that he, laden with old mouse-eaten records, authorizing himself (for the most part) upon other histories, whose greatest authorities are built upon the notable foundation of hearsay; having much ado to accord differing writers and to pick truth out of partiality...
Page 255 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 156 - I have violated justice, it is my intention, by the help of God, to make full compensation.
Page 349 - And a villein shall be amerced after the same manner, saving to him his wainage, if he falls under our mercy ; and none of the aforesaid amerciaments shall be assessed but by the oath of honest men in the neighbourhood.
Page 164 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
Page 205 - Then after we had stayed there three hours or thereabouts, we might perceive the deer appear on the hills round about us (their heads making a show like a wood), which being followed close by the...
Page 61 - Those who came over were of the three most powerful nations of Germany — Saxons, Angles, and Jutes. From the Jutes are descended the people of Kent, and of the Isle of Wight, and those also in the province of the West-Saxons who are to this day called Jutes, seated opposite to the Isle of Wight.
Page 467 - Because a great part of the people, and especially of workmen and servants, late died of the pestilence, many seeing the necessity of masters, and great scarcity of servants, will not serve unless they may receive excessive wages...