The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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Alfred John Church. F451 • C56 PREFACE . I DESIRE to make a most grateful acknowledgment of the assistance which I have received in writing this book from the " Norman Conquest " of Professor Freeman and from Mr. J. R. Green's " Short ...
Alfred John Church. F451 • C56 PREFACE . I DESIRE to make a most grateful acknowledgment of the assistance which I have received in writing this book from the " Norman Conquest " of Professor Freeman and from Mr. J. R. Green's " Short ...
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Alfred John Church. CONTENTS . XII . THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND xi PAGE 120-131 " De Ira Eruti , " 121 - Augustine looks to British Churches , 123 - The Vision of Edwin , 125 -- Relapse into Paganism , 127 -The Spread of Christianity ...
Alfred John Church. CONTENTS . XII . THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND xi PAGE 120-131 " De Ira Eruti , " 121 - Augustine looks to British Churches , 123 - The Vision of Edwin , 125 -- Relapse into Paganism , 127 -The Spread of Christianity ...
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Alfred John Church. XVIII . PAGE THE SUCCESSORS OF EGBERT , AND THE DANES 185-198 The Pagans waste Sceapige , 187 - Alderman Ealcher , 189- The Lindsey Men defeat the Danes , 191 - The Story of King Edmund , 193 - Battle of Ashdune , 195 ...
Alfred John Church. XVIII . PAGE THE SUCCESSORS OF EGBERT , AND THE DANES 185-198 The Pagans waste Sceapige , 187 - Alderman Ealcher , 189- The Lindsey Men defeat the Danes , 191 - The Story of King Edmund , 193 - Battle of Ashdune , 195 ...
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Alfred John Church. DANISH WAR VESSEL OLD LONDON Bridge ( earliesT KNOWN REPRESEN- TATION ) . ELY CATHEDRAL DURHAM CATHEDRAL ANGLO - SAXON DRINKING GLASS . FOUND AT ASH- FORD , KENT . FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM PAGE 274 ...
Alfred John Church. DANISH WAR VESSEL OLD LONDON Bridge ( earliesT KNOWN REPRESEN- TATION ) . ELY CATHEDRAL DURHAM CATHEDRAL ANGLO - SAXON DRINKING GLASS . FOUND AT ASH- FORD , KENT . FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM PAGE 274 ...
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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