The Early and Middle Ages of EnglandBell and Daldy, 1861 - 472 pages |
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... WITAN.— GROWTH OF FEUDALISM . - THE ROMAN AND ANGLO - SAXON FAMILY . - GROWTH VILLENAGE . - LOCAL TENURES . - NATURE OF ANGLO - SAXON LIBERTY.- SOCIETY , FOOD , AMUSEMENTS , AND DRESS IN THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES . OF 194 XIX . - ANGLO ...
... WITAN.— GROWTH OF FEUDALISM . - THE ROMAN AND ANGLO - SAXON FAMILY . - GROWTH VILLENAGE . - LOCAL TENURES . - NATURE OF ANGLO - SAXON LIBERTY.- SOCIETY , FOOD , AMUSEMENTS , AND DRESS IN THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES . OF 194 XIX . - ANGLO ...
Page 83
... Witan at Godmundham in the East Riding , and asked their advice on the expediency of a change of faith . Coifi , the high priest , instantly spoke against the value of the old creed : no man , he said , had worshipped the gods more ...
... Witan at Godmundham in the East Riding , and asked their advice on the expediency of a change of faith . Coifi , the high priest , instantly spoke against the value of the old creed : no man , he said , had worshipped the gods more ...
Page 110
... witan to disregard the foolish bequest ; and Alfred , to his high honour , acquiesced in the arrangement , perhaps with an understanding that he should succeed his brother on the throne . Although the Danish kings of Northumbria were by ...
... witan to disregard the foolish bequest ; and Alfred , to his high honour , acquiesced in the arrangement , perhaps with an understanding that he should succeed his brother on the throne . Although the Danish kings of Northumbria were by ...
Page 111
... witan was held to sanction it . Like most men of strong organizing capacity , Alfred was inclined to carry out with a high hand what he saw to be right and necessary . The times were thoroughly out of joint . Castles had to be built ...
... witan was held to sanction it . Like most men of strong organizing capacity , Alfred was inclined to carry out with a high hand what he saw to be right and necessary . The times were thoroughly out of joint . Castles had to be built ...
Page 116
... witan sanctioned or the scribe copied them out . The king is now for the first time treated as the inviolable head of the state , to plot against 886 , only says , " That same year king Alfred repaired London ; and all the English ...
... witan sanctioned or the scribe copied them out . The king is now for the first time treated as the inviolable head of the state , to plot against 886 , only says , " That same year king Alfred repaired London ; and all the English ...
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