From his own words we get a vivid picture of the decline of education that had been caused by the Danish inroads. " So clean was learning fallen off among the English Folk, that few there were on this side Humber that could understand the Service in English,... Alfred in the Chroniclers - Page 58by John William Edward Conybeare - 1900 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
| DANA CHARLETON MUNRO - 1924 - 494 pages
...education that had been caused by the Danish inroads. " So clean was learning fallen off among the English Folk, that few there were on this side Humber...into English. And not many were there, I ween, beyond the Humber. So few they were that I cannot bethink me of so much as one south of Thames, when first... | |
| Dana Carleton Munro - 1924 - 492 pages
...education that had been caused by the Danish inroads. " So clean was learning fallen off among the English Folk, that few there were on this side Humber...understand the Service in English, or even turn an errand- writing from Latin into English. And not many were there, I ween, beyond the Humber. So few... | |
| Dana Carleton Munro, Raymond James Sontag - 1928 - 586 pages
...education that had been caused by the Danish inroads. " So clean was learning fallen off among the English Folk, that few there were on this side Humber...into English. And not many were there, I ween, beyond the Humber. So few they were that I cannot bethink me of so much as one south of Thames, when first... | |
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