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Alfred John Church. XVIII . PAGE THE SUCCESSORS OF EGBERT , AND THE DANES 185-198 The Pagans waste Sceapige , 187 - Alderman Ealcher , 189- The Lindsey Men defeat the Danes , 191 - The Story of King Edmund , 193 - Battle of Ashdune , 195 ...
Alfred John Church. XVIII . PAGE THE SUCCESSORS OF EGBERT , AND THE DANES 185-198 The Pagans waste Sceapige , 187 - Alderman Ealcher , 189- The Lindsey Men defeat the Danes , 191 - The Story of King Edmund , 193 - Battle of Ashdune , 195 ...
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... Saxon work 44. - Viking Ship ... ... 45. - Saxon Pennies ; fourteen specimens of the coinage of various kings 46. - Danish Ship of War ... ... 254 257 264 271 ... ... 274 PAGE 47. - Old London Bridge ( earliest known representation.
... Saxon work 44. - Viking Ship ... ... 45. - Saxon Pennies ; fourteen specimens of the coinage of various kings 46. - Danish Ship of War ... ... 254 257 264 271 ... ... 274 PAGE 47. - Old London Bridge ( earliest known representation.
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... of Franks , Saxons , Danes , and Normans , were to work such a change on the face of Northern and Western Europe , and even to make themselves felt as far as Constanti- 7 nople in the East . It was found necessary 80 THE TYRANTS ,
... of Franks , Saxons , Danes , and Normans , were to work such a change on the face of Northern and Western Europe , and even to make themselves felt as far as Constanti- 7 nople in the East . It was found necessary 80 THE TYRANTS ,
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... Danish name of Whitby . It was then called by one that signified " the light on the hill . " Here she founded , and ruled until her death in 680 , the famous Abbey of Whitby . It was during the latter part of this period that Caedmon ...
... Danish name of Whitby . It was then called by one that signified " the light on the hill . " Here she founded , and ruled until her death in 680 , the famous Abbey of Whitby . It was during the latter part of this period that Caedmon ...
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... the abbot that the brotherhood must never leave it belongs to a later time , to a time when the Danes were a constant terror to the land . THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . IT is time to say something 166 CAEDMON , BEDE , AND CUTHBERT .
... the abbot that the brotherhood must never leave it belongs to a later time , to a time when the Danes were a constant terror to the land . THE ENGLISH PEOPLE . IT is time to say something 166 CAEDMON , BEDE , AND CUTHBERT .
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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.