Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... Emperor of all Britain , 243 . DUNSTAN XXIII . 245-256 Coronation of Edwy , 249 - Edgar and his Peaceful Reign , 251 -The English Fleet , 253 - Increase of Domestic Trade , 255 CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ETHELRED THE xii ...
... Emperor of all Britain , 243 . DUNSTAN XXIII . 245-256 Coronation of Edwy , 249 - Edgar and his Peaceful Reign , 251 -The English Fleet , 253 - Increase of Domestic Trade , 255 CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ETHELRED THE xii ...
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... Emperor , after he found himself firmly established on the throne , would claim some acknowledgment of his sovereignty , and that the British chiefs would give it rather than incur the risk of another invasion . We may safely reject a ...
... Emperor , after he found himself firmly established on the throne , would claim some acknowledgment of his sovereignty , and that the British chiefs would give it rather than incur the risk of another invasion . We may safely reject a ...
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... " The tranquillity of Britain , however , was not to last much longer . As usual it was a pretender who invited the interference of Rome . The " Cymbeline " of Shakespeare . I In A.D. 43 one Bericus applied to the Emperor 4.
... " The tranquillity of Britain , however , was not to last much longer . As usual it was a pretender who invited the interference of Rome . The " Cymbeline " of Shakespeare . I In A.D. 43 one Bericus applied to the Emperor 4.
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Alfred John Church. I In A.D. 43 one Bericus applied to the Emperor Claudius for help . At the same time his extradition was demanded of Rome by his enemies at home . The Emperor determined to avail himself of the opportunity . The ...
Alfred John Church. I In A.D. 43 one Bericus applied to the Emperor Claudius for help . At the same time his extradition was demanded of Rome by his enemies at home . The Emperor determined to avail himself of the opportunity . The ...
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... Emperor fought no battle , and , indeed , saw no blood shed ; but Suetonius is always disposed to depreciate the Julian or hereditary emperors , and it is safer to take Dio Cassius as our authority . Dio relates that Claudius crossed ...
... Emperor fought no battle , and , indeed , saw no blood shed ; but Suetonius is always disposed to depreciate the Julian or hereditary emperors , and it is safer to take Dio Cassius as our authority . Dio relates that Claudius crossed ...
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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.