 | John Lingard - 1844 - 390 pages
...countries originally conquered and colonized by the different Saxon tribes became united under the same crown. To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established,...reign of Alfred, had been styled kings of Wessex. Thit monarch and his son Edward assumed the title of kinjs of the Anglo-Saxons. Athelstan sometimes... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1853 - 406 pages
...countries originally conquered and colonized by the different Saxon tribes became united under the same crown. To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established,...and his son Edward assumed the title of kings of the Anglo- Saxons. Athelstan sometimes called himself king of the English : at other times claimed the... | |
 | Whellan T. and co - 1855 - 722 pages
...Princes no longer disputed his authority, and his power became predominant in Britain. To him, therefore, belongs the glory of having established what has ever since been called the kingdom of England; and he, himself, undoubtedly, was the first monarch of England. His predecessors, till the reign of... | |
 | John Lingard - 1860 - 420 pages
...countries originally conquered and colonized by the different Saxon tribes became united under the same crown. To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established,...Alfred, had been styled kings of Wessex. That monarch and.his son Edward assumed the title of kings of the Anglo-Saxons. Athelstan sometimes called himself... | |
 | Robert Ross (of Cheltenham.) - 1860 - 256 pages
...countries, originally conquered and colonised by the different Saxon tribes, became united under the same crown. "To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established...has ever since been called the kingdom of England." 9. EDMUND THE ELDER, (940—46) second son of Edward, came to the thf one at the age of eighteen; his... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1866 - 58 pages
...of the Scots, invaded England. They were defeated, with immense loss, by Athelstan, at BRUNANBUHH. " To Athelstan belongs the glory of having established...has ever since been called the kingdom of England." 941 . Death of Athelstan. Accession of his brother Edmund. The Northumbrians chose Anlaf as their king.... | |
 | James T. Bird - 1876 - 330 pages
...desolated England ; but he had served his country wisely and well, and after ages have accorded to him the glory of having established what has ever since been called THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND. MARQUIS OF WHARTON AND MALMESBURY. Thomas Lord Wharton, afterwards Marquis of Wharton and Malmesbury,... | |
 | James T. Bird - 1876 - 320 pages
...desolated England ; but he had served his country wisely and well, and after ages have accorded to him the glory of having established what has ever since been called THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND. MARQUIS OF WHARTON AND MALMESBURY. Thomas Lord Wharton, afterwards Marquis of Wharton and Malmesbury,... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1885 - 476 pages
...Parliament ? 3. Write a short history of Wessex, from Cerdic to Egbert. 4. To whom does Dr. Lingard ascribe the glory of having established what has ever since been called the Kingdom of England ? Give his reasons for this opinion. 5. Give some account of the " good service " of Colonel Hutchinson,... | |
 | Peter Fredet - 1900 - 882 pages
...ascendency of Athelstan. lie thus completed the work commenced by his forefathers, and to him chiefly belongs the glory of having established what has ever since been called the Kingdom of England. This happy state of Great Britain was however soon disturbed by new storms, more furious and lasting... | |
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... 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. 
