The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary Writers, the Rolls of Parliament, and Other Public Records ...John Henry and James Parker, 1865 |
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... claim on public notice . An endeavour has been made to provide this , by de- voting a larger share of attention than is usually done to the history of our island before the Nor- man invasion , an event which by some writers seems to be ...
... claim on public notice . An endeavour has been made to provide this , by de- voting a larger share of attention than is usually done to the history of our island before the Nor- man invasion , an event which by some writers seems to be ...
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... claim , and they were ruled by chiefs whose coins provė them to have assumed the style of independent kings " . They received constant accessions to their numbers in consequence of the attempts made by the kings of Nor- way early in the ...
... claim , and they were ruled by chiefs whose coins provė them to have assumed the style of independent kings " . They received constant accessions to their numbers in consequence of the attempts made by the kings of Nor- way early in the ...
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... claim of feudal subjection of the crown of Scotland to that of England , which was urged by the Norman kings and their successors . The capture of William I. and the disputed succession on the death of Alexander III . occasioned its ...
... claim of feudal subjection of the crown of Scotland to that of England , which was urged by the Norman kings and their successors . The capture of William I. and the disputed succession on the death of Alexander III . occasioned its ...
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... claims of Edgar Atheling being in either case passed over ; but though at once hallowed king , " he with little quiet abode therein , the while that he wielded the realm . " His brief reign of forty weeks and one day " saw two ...
... claims of Edgar Atheling being in either case passed over ; but though at once hallowed king , " he with little quiet abode therein , the while that he wielded the realm . " His brief reign of forty weeks and one day " saw two ...
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... claim to the crown ; a less probable account represents them as sent prisoners to Normandy in 1051 , when Godwin and his family were exiled , but the Saxon Chronicle does not mention this ; on the contrary , it says expressly that " the ...
... claim to the crown ; a less probable account represents them as sent prisoners to Normandy in 1051 , when Godwin and his family were exiled , but the Saxon Chronicle does not mention this ; on the contrary , it says expressly that " the ...
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