Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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Page 95
... Chronicler , " to the Angles ; and bade them be told of the worthlessness of the Britons , and the richness of the land . " And the writer goes on to describe how there came men from the three tribes of Germany , from the Old Saxons ...
... Chronicler , " to the Angles ; and bade them be told of the worthlessness of the Britons , and the richness of the land . " And the writer goes on to describe how there came men from the three tribes of Germany , from the Old Saxons ...
Page 98
... Chronicler does not claim a victory for his countrymen . Anyhow , five years more were to pass before the work was completed . In 490 “ Ella and Cissa besieged the city Andred , and slew all that were therein ; nor was one Briton left ...
... Chronicler does not claim a victory for his countrymen . Anyhow , five years more were to pass before the work was completed . In 490 “ Ella and Cissa besieged the city Andred , and slew all that were therein ; nor was one Briton left ...
Page 99
... Chronicler asserts , the mention of this place marks the scene of the conflict . It was so near the spot where the two Saxon chiefs had landed twelve years before that we may safely conclude that in the interval the invaders had made ...
... Chronicler asserts , the mention of this place marks the scene of the conflict . It was so near the spot where the two Saxon chiefs had landed twelve years before that we may safely conclude that in the interval the invaders had made ...
Page 100
... Chronicler is as unwilling as historians have commonly shown themselves to record defeats , and we have to gather from other sources the true story of what followed the battle of Charford . The West Saxons ( Gewissas as they appear to ...
... Chronicler is as unwilling as historians have commonly shown themselves to record defeats , and we have to gather from other sources the true story of what followed the battle of Charford . The West Saxons ( Gewissas as they appear to ...
Page 103
... the spot which Ida first occupied as his base of operations . " He surrounded it , " said the Chronicler , " first with a ditch , and afterwards with a wall . " Lincoln . 2 York . In the latter half of the sixth century the West.
... the spot which Ida first occupied as his base of operations . " He surrounded it , " said the Chronicler , " first with a ditch , and afterwards with a wall . " Lincoln . 2 York . In the latter half of the sixth century the West.
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afterwards Alfred Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack Author battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church cloth coast command conquest Crown 8vo Danes Danish daughter death defeated Demy 8vo died dominions Dunstan Earl East Anglia edition Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf fight fled fleet force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London married Mercia monastery native nobles Norman Normandy Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury
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Page 217 - But those things which I met with, either of the days of Ine my kinsman, or of Offa, king of the Mercians, or of Ethelbert, who first among the English race received baptism, those which seemed to me the rightest, those I have here gathered together, and rejected the others.
Page 158 - Go on quickly, I know not how long I shall hold out, and whether my Maker will not soon take me away.
Page 112 - Beda's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy, of Northumbria. THE SAXON ERA.
Page 160 - Receive my head into your hands, for it is a great satisfaction to me to sit facing my holy place, where I was wont to pray, that I may also, sitting, call upon my Father ! And thus, on the pavement of his little cell, singing : ' Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost ; ' when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed his last, and so departed to the heavenly kingdom.
Page 157 - ... nights and days, From Heaven to Hell, where the Lord changed them all To Devils, because they his Deed and Word Refused to worship. Therefore in worse light Under the earth beneath, Almighty God Had placed them triumphless in the swart HelL There evening, immeasurably long, Brings to each fiend renewal of the fire; Then comes, at dawn, the east wind keen with frost Its dart, or fire continual, torment sharp, The punishment wrought for them they must bear.