The Early and Middle Ages of EnglandBell and Daldy, 1861 - 472 pages |
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... EALDORMAN AND COUNTY COURTS . - MUTUAL POLICE , OR FRANK - PLEDGE SYSTEM . - FEUDAL JURISDICTIONS . A CASE OF CRIMINAL LAW . - NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE RE- QUIRED IN DOUBTFUL CASES . - TRIAL OF THURKILL AND HIS WIFE . - BINARY ...
... EALDORMAN AND COUNTY COURTS . - MUTUAL POLICE , OR FRANK - PLEDGE SYSTEM . - FEUDAL JURISDICTIONS . A CASE OF CRIMINAL LAW . - NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE RE- QUIRED IN DOUBTFUL CASES . - TRIAL OF THURKILL AND HIS WIFE . - BINARY ...
Page 108
... ealdorman Algar led , and sacked the monastery of Peterborough . They then demanded submission from the king ; Eadmund had sufficient sense of honour to decline to hold his crown as a vassal of the pagans ; but his subjects did not ...
... ealdorman Algar led , and sacked the monastery of Peterborough . They then demanded submission from the king ; Eadmund had sufficient sense of honour to decline to hold his crown as a vassal of the pagans ; but his subjects did not ...
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... ealdorman of the district near Englefield . But when Æthelred and Alfred arrived , and attempted to storm the town , the Danes regained their superiority ; and the royal brothers were forced to fly across the Thames . The next battle ...
... ealdorman of the district near Englefield . But when Æthelred and Alfred arrived , and attempted to storm the town , the Danes regained their superiority ; and the royal brothers were forced to fly across the Thames . The next battle ...
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... ealdorman of Mercia , put himself at the head of a strong party , who opposed the succession of the eldest son , Edward , putting forward Ethelred , the young son of Ælfride the queen - dowager , as a candidate . The question was really ...
... ealdorman of Mercia , put himself at the head of a strong party , who opposed the succession of the eldest son , Edward , putting forward Ethelred , the young son of Ælfride the queen - dowager , as a candidate . The question was really ...
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... ealdorman Palig , and had agreed to sell peace ; but they had not left the country ; only they were scattered up and down it in no regular military array ; and they were quite resolved at no very distant date to effect its conquest ...
... ealdorman Palig , and had agreed to sell peace ; but they had not left the country ; only they were scattered up and down it in no regular military array ; and they were quite resolved at no very distant date to effect its conquest ...
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