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... Ethelred and Ceolred , 141 - Edilhun the West Saxon , 143— Offa's Eminence , 145 - The Fate of Edelfrida , 149 . XV . CAEDMON , BEDE , AND CUTHBERT 151-166 Caedmon's Vision , 153 - Poetry of Caedmon , 155 - Bede's Life , 157 - The Story ...
... Ethelred and Ceolred , 141 - Edilhun the West Saxon , 143— Offa's Eminence , 145 - The Fate of Edelfrida , 149 . XV . CAEDMON , BEDE , AND CUTHBERT 151-166 Caedmon's Vision , 153 - Poetry of Caedmon , 155 - Bede's Life , 157 - The Story ...
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... Ethelred succeeds Ethelbert , 197 . XIX . ALFRED , THE MAN OF WAR • 199-214 Alfred as a Scholar , 201 ― The Northmen conquer North- umbria , 203 - The Story of the Cakes , 205 - Pirates beaten at at Sea , 207 - Battle of Farnham , 209 ...
... Ethelred succeeds Ethelbert , 197 . XIX . ALFRED , THE MAN OF WAR • 199-214 Alfred as a Scholar , 201 ― The Northmen conquer North- umbria , 203 - The Story of the Cakes , 205 - Pirates beaten at at Sea , 207 - Battle of Farnham , 209 ...
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Alfred John Church. CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ETHELRED THE UNREADY . Death of Dunstan , 261 - Battle of Maldon , 263 . XXV . xiii PAGE 257-266 ETHELRED AND SWEYN 267-275 Ravage of Cumberland and Man , 269 - St . Brice's Day ...
Alfred John Church. CONTENTS . EDWARD ( THE MARTYR ) AND ETHELRED THE UNREADY . Death of Dunstan , 261 - Battle of Maldon , 263 . XXV . xiii PAGE 257-266 ETHELRED AND SWEYN 267-275 Ravage of Cumberland and Man , 269 - St . Brice's Day ...
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... for him at his baptism , bestowed upon his godson the Isle of Wight , which he had recently conquered . That a Mercian king should bestow the sovereignty ETHELRED AND CEOLRED . 141 of the Isle of Wight XIV THE SUPREMACY OF MERCIA.
... for him at his baptism , bestowed upon his godson the Isle of Wight , which he had recently conquered . That a Mercian king should bestow the sovereignty ETHELRED AND CEOLRED . 141 of the Isle of Wight XIV THE SUPREMACY OF MERCIA.
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... Ethelred's successor , Ceonred , son of Wulfere , fol- lowed his example of retiring from his throne . In 709 , when his cousin Ceolred , son of Ethelred , was old enough to reign , he went on a pilgrimage to Rome , received the ...
... Ethelred's successor , Ceonred , son of Wulfere , fol- lowed his example of retiring from his throne . In 709 , when his cousin Ceolred , son of Ethelred , was old enough to reign , he went on a pilgrimage to Rome , received the ...
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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.