The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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Page 114
... bishop who acted as his wife's chaplain , but it is more probable that the coin was only copied by unskilful artizans , who could not make a device of their own . Doubt- less when in the ninth century Egbert , after making his supremacy ...
... bishop who acted as his wife's chaplain , but it is more probable that the coin was only copied by unskilful artizans , who could not make a device of their own . Doubt- less when in the ninth century Egbert , after making his supremacy ...
Page 122
... Bishop of Senlis ; and the old Roman - British Church of St. Martin , in Canterbury , had been assigned for the Christian worship . Ethelbert received Augustine's messengers courteously , and promised to give him the interview for which ...
... Bishop of Senlis ; and the old Roman - British Church of St. Martin , in Canterbury , had been assigned for the Christian worship . Ethelbert received Augustine's messengers courteously , and promised to give him the interview for which ...
Page 123
... bishops owed him obedience as having been put under his care by Pope Gregory . His chief demands were that they should follow the Roman time of keeping Easter , and that they should help in preaching to the English . The first meeting ...
... bishops owed him obedience as having been put under his care by Pope Gregory . His chief demands were that they should follow the Roman time of keeping Easter , and that they should help in preaching to the English . The first meeting ...
Page 124
... bishops refused to yield to his demands " If he will not rise up to greet us , " they said , " how much more will he ... bishop . Mellitus , one of a company sent out by Gregory in 601 , to reinforce Augustine , was the first to occupy ...
... bishops refused to yield to his demands " If he will not rise up to greet us , " they said , " how much more will he ... bishop . Mellitus , one of a company sent out by Gregory in 601 , to reinforce Augustine , was the first to occupy ...
Page 127
... bishop's seat at Dunwich , on the coast of Suffolk , then and afterwards a prosperous town with many churches , now reduced by the inroads of the sea to a petty village . It must not be supposed that the progress of Christianity went on ...
... bishop's seat at Dunwich , on the coast of Suffolk , then and afterwards a prosperous town with many churches , now reduced by the inroads of the sea to a petty village . It must not be supposed that the progress of Christianity went on ...
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afterwards Alderman Alfred ANGLO-SAXON Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet followed force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery monks native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships shire slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury