The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1856 |
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... ( Bayeux Tapestry . ) . 176 Mill at Arundel 207 Coronation of Harold . ( Bayeux Tapestry . ) A Ship of the Fleet of Duke William transport- ing Troops for the Invasion of England 177 From the Capital of a Pillar at St. George's de ...
... ( Bayeux Tapestry . ) . 176 Mill at Arundel 207 Coronation of Harold . ( Bayeux Tapestry . ) A Ship of the Fleet of Duke William transport- ing Troops for the Invasion of England 177 From the Capital of a Pillar at St. George's de ...
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... for the invasion of England , to place them in the sovereignty which Canute had usurped . But his armament WILLIAM A.D. 1051. ] WILLIAM OF NORMANDY . 169 was. Confessor's Chapel , Westminster Abbey . Saxon Feast . ( Bayeux Tapestry . )
... for the invasion of England , to place them in the sovereignty which Canute had usurped . But his armament WILLIAM A.D. 1051. ] WILLIAM OF NORMANDY . 169 was. Confessor's Chapel , Westminster Abbey . Saxon Feast . ( Bayeux Tapestry . )
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... Bayeux Tapestry , a roll of brownish linen - cloth worked with coloured thread , with figures and letters perfectly bright and distinct , is a roll twenty inches broad and two hundred and fourteen feet in length . The various figures ...
... Bayeux Tapestry , a roll of brownish linen - cloth worked with coloured thread , with figures and letters perfectly bright and distinct , is a roll twenty inches broad and two hundred and fourteen feet in length . The various figures ...
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... Bayeux Tapestry had as much adroitness in the exhibition of minute circumstances , as have the picture * Roger de Hoveden , 4.D. 1065. ] HAROLD IN NORMANDY . 173 chroniclers of.
... Bayeux Tapestry had as much adroitness in the exhibition of minute circumstances , as have the picture * Roger de Hoveden , 4.D. 1065. ] HAROLD IN NORMANDY . 173 chroniclers of.
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... to not unwilling ears . In such scenes , say the chroniclers , 174 HAROLD RETURNS TO ENGLAND . ( A.D. 1065 . Saxon Feast . ( Bayeux Tapestry . ) Harold's Oath to William . Funeral of Edward the Confessor. Saxon Feast (Bayeux Tapestry.
... to not unwilling ears . In such scenes , say the chroniclers , 174 HAROLD RETURNS TO ENGLAND . ( A.D. 1065 . Saxon Feast . ( Bayeux Tapestry . ) Harold's Oath to William . Funeral of Edward the Confessor. Saxon Feast (Bayeux Tapestry.
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