A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1825 |
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afterwards Alfred ancient apud archbishop army Asser Athelstan barbarians battle Bede Bernicia bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæs Cæsar Ceawlin celebrated Ceolred Ceolwulf Cerdic CHAP chieftains christian Chron church coast command compelled conqueror conquests crown Cynegils Cyneheard Danes Danish daughter death defeated Deira descendants dominions Eadbert ealdorman East-Angles East-Anglia Edilfrid Edward Edwin Egbert Egfrid emperor enemy Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf father favour fleet fought Gaul Gothrun Hengist honour Hunt Ibid inhabitants invaders island isle Kent king king of Kent king of Wessex kingdom land legions Malm ment Mercia monarch monastery monks nations natives neighbouring Northmen Northum Northumbrian Offa Oswald Oswio Penda Picts plunder possession prelates prince provinces received reign retired returned Roman Rome royal Saxons sceptre Scots Severus shore sion slain solicited soon success successor Sussex sword tains Thames thanes throne tion tribes victory Wessex West-Saxons Wilfrid writers Wulphere
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Page 508 - The men of Bristol were the last to abandon this nefarious traffic. Their agents travelled into every part of the country : they were instructed to give the highest price for females in a state of pregnancy : and the slave-ships regularly sailed from that port to Ireland, where they were secure of a ready and profitable market.
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Page 73 - The name of Caledonians properly belonged to the natives of that long but narrow strip of land, which stretches from Loch Finn on the western, to the Frith of Tayne on the eastern coast: but it had been extended by the Romans to all the kindred and independent clans which lay between them and the northern extremity of the island. In the fourth century the mistake was discovered and rectified : and from that time not only the Caledonians, but their southern...
Page 244 - But, while this peaceful occupation seemed to absorb his attention, his mind was actively employed in arranging a plan of warfare, which threatened to extinguish the last of the Saxon governments in Britain. A winter campaign had hitherto been unknown in the annals of Danish devastation : after their summer expeditions, the invaders had always devoted the succeeding months to festivity and repose ; and it is probable, that the followers of Gothrun were as ignorant as the Saxons of the real design...
Page 83 - Soon after the Britons became independent, the greater part of Europe was depopulated by the two dreadful scourges of pestilence and famine. This island did not escape the general calamity: and the Scots and Picts seized the favourable moment for the renewal of their inroads. The dissensions of the native chieftains facilitated their attempts ; district after district became the scene of devastation ; till the approach of danger admonished the more southern Britons to provide for their own safety....
Page 292 - ... and colonized by the different Saxon tribes became united under the same crown. To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established, what has ever since been called the kingdom of England.
Page 83 - Gaul * : others, under the guidance of Vortigern, the most powerful of the British kings, had recourse to an expedient, which, however promising it might appear in the outset, proved in the result most fatal to the liberty of their country.