The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatG. Bell, 1848 - 417 pages |
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... probably also in the natural barriers , inlets of the sea , ridges of chalk downs , woods , heaths , and morasses , which separated the different states . Thus the western frontier of Kent was protected by the dense wood of Anderida ...
... probably also in the natural barriers , inlets of the sea , ridges of chalk downs , woods , heaths , and morasses , which separated the different states . Thus the western frontier of Kent was protected by the dense wood of Anderida ...
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... probably had been so from the first , to secure for himself the crown which had been once worn by his brother . To this end , he made large offers of land and money to the thanes , if they would consent to his wishes ; pointing out to ...
... probably had been so from the first , to secure for himself the crown which had been once worn by his brother . To this end , he made large offers of land and money to the thanes , if they would consent to his wishes ; pointing out to ...
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... duties of her station ; but as her life had been depraved and execrable in her own country , so did she become still more " alliance , which probably saved Wessex from the sub- jugation A. D. 783. ] 13 BERTRIC KING OF WESSEX .
... duties of her station ; but as her life had been depraved and execrable in her own country , so did she become still more " alliance , which probably saved Wessex from the sub- jugation A. D. 783. ] 13 BERTRIC KING OF WESSEX .
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John Allen Giles. alliance , which probably saved Wessex from the sub- jugation to which its distracted state would otherwise naturally have exposed it . It would have been a fortunate circumstance for all the Saxon kingdoms , if this ...
John Allen Giles. alliance , which probably saved Wessex from the sub- jugation to which its distracted state would otherwise naturally have exposed it . It would have been a fortunate circumstance for all the Saxon kingdoms , if this ...
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... probably fired by what he saw in France ; and he there laid the foundation of the success which followed him in after life , both in war and government . It is likely , too , that to Egbert was also due the re - introduction of learning ...
... probably fired by what he saw in France ; and he there laid the foundation of the success which followed him in after life , both in war and government . It is likely , too , that to Egbert was also due the re - introduction of learning ...
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abbat abbey Ælfred afterwards Alderman Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxon Annals Asser Athelney authority battle bishop body Britain Britons Brompton brother Burrhed called Chippenham Chron Church coast Croyland abbey Cuthbert Danes Danish death defeated dominions ealle earl East Anglia Edmund Egbert enemy England English Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwerd Ethelwolf Exeter father fled fleet Flor fortress Guthrum Halfdene Henry of Huntingdon Heptarchy Hinguar historian holy honours Hubba hundred Hunt Huntingdon Ingulf invaders invasion island Kent King Alfred king of Mercia king of Wessex king's kingdom land Lappenberg Latin learning Lodbroc Malmesbury Matthew of Westminster mind monastery monks narrative Neot nobles Northumberland Pagans peace plunder possession prince probably ravages reign Rome saint Saxon Chronicle says seems shew ships slain Spelman subjects Sussex throne tithes translation Turner victory Wessex West-Saxons whilst whole William of Malmesbury Winchester words writers