The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatG. Bell, 1848 - 417 pages |
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Page vii
... Wessex by the Danes in January 878 , when Alfred , from being at the head of a gallant army , suddenly found himself a fugitive and an exile . As it would be useless to explain this more fully in a preface , the reader is referred to ...
... Wessex by the Danes in January 878 , when Alfred , from being at the head of a gallant army , suddenly found himself a fugitive and an exile . As it would be useless to explain this more fully in a preface , the reader is referred to ...
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... Wessex - Sigebert - Cynewolf - Cyneard - The combat at Merton - Egfrid and Kenwulf , kings of Mercia ; Bertric and Egbert , of Wessex . 6 CHAP . III . Reign of Egbert , king of Wessex , from A.D. 802 to 839. - Eighth Bretwalda , or Lord ...
... Wessex - Sigebert - Cynewolf - Cyneard - The combat at Merton - Egfrid and Kenwulf , kings of Mercia ; Bertric and Egbert , of Wessex . 6 CHAP . III . Reign of Egbert , king of Wessex , from A.D. 802 to 839. - Eighth Bretwalda , or Lord ...
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John Allen Giles. CHAP . V. Ethelbald reigns over Wessex from 858 to 860. - Ethelbert over the dependent kingdom of Kent , Sussex , and Essex - Ethelbald marries Judith , his father's widow - Ethelbald dies — Judith returns to France ...
John Allen Giles. CHAP . V. Ethelbald reigns over Wessex from 858 to 860. - Ethelbert over the dependent kingdom of Kent , Sussex , and Essex - Ethelbald marries Judith , his father's widow - Ethelbald dies — Judith returns to France ...
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... Wessex the only Saxon kingdom remaining - Partial benefit of the Danish invasions - Rollo baffled in his attempts on England- Alfred takes one ship in a naval battle with tho Danes - Second invasion of Wessex in 876 - The Danes take ...
... Wessex the only Saxon kingdom remaining - Partial benefit of the Danish invasions - Rollo baffled in his attempts on England- Alfred takes one ship in a naval battle with tho Danes - Second invasion of Wessex in 876 - The Danes take ...
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John Allen Giles. CHAP . XIV . Third invasion of Wessex in Jan. 878. - Seizure of Chippenham- Retreat of the king to the wilds of Somersetshire - Opinions of different writers on this event - Supposed discovery of a battle at Chippenham ...
John Allen Giles. CHAP . XIV . Third invasion of Wessex in Jan. 878. - Seizure of Chippenham- Retreat of the king to the wilds of Somersetshire - Opinions of different writers on this event - Supposed discovery of a battle at Chippenham ...
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