Early BritainT. Fisher Unwin, 1889 - 382 pages |
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... called " Britain " after the middle of the fifth century ; but it certainly could not be called " England " before that time . Το the writers and readers of Latin it was always " Britannia , " and it is still formally known " Britain ...
... called " Britain " after the middle of the fifth century ; but it certainly could not be called " England " before that time . Το the writers and readers of Latin it was always " Britannia , " and it is still formally known " Britain ...
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... called " Andreds weald , " 97- The West Saxons in Britain , 99 - The Angles , 101 - The Kingdom of Northumbria , 103 - The Kingdom of Mercia , 105 - The Boundary of Wales , 107 - The King's Scaur , 109 - The Story of the Cave , III . XI ...
... called " Andreds weald , " 97- The West Saxons in Britain , 99 - The Angles , 101 - The Kingdom of Northumbria , 103 - The Kingdom of Mercia , 105 - The Boundary of Wales , 107 - The King's Scaur , 109 - The Story of the Cave , III . XI ...
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... called Rhyd - y - gorse , Abery- stwith . From the original in the British Museum 3. - View of Stonehenge ( Restoration ) 4. - Stonehenge - present state . ... ... From a photograph by Messrs . Poulton 6 8 II 5.- Bronze Helmet . From ...
... called Rhyd - y - gorse , Abery- stwith . From the original in the British Museum 3. - View of Stonehenge ( Restoration ) 4. - Stonehenge - present state . ... ... From a photograph by Messrs . Poulton 6 8 II 5.- Bronze Helmet . From ...
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Alfred John Church. SHIELD OF THE BRONZE AGE . Found in a turbary called Rhyd - y - gorse , Aberystwith . ( From the original in the British Museum . ) PLAN OF CAMP AT AMBRESBURY BANKS , EPPING FOREST .
Alfred John Church. SHIELD OF THE BRONZE AGE . Found in a turbary called Rhyd - y - gorse , Aberystwith . ( From the original in the British Museum . ) PLAN OF CAMP AT AMBRESBURY BANKS , EPPING FOREST .
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... called a reconnaissance in force . Information about the island , its population , harbours , & c . , which he had hitherto tried in vain to get , might thus be acquired , and would be useful in case he should see fit to make afterwards ...
... called a reconnaissance in force . Information about the island , its population , harbours , & c . , which he had hitherto tried in vain to get , might thus be acquired , and would be useful in case he should see fit to make afterwards ...
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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.