The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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Page vii
... Roman Wall " ; and several of the volumes included in the Rolls Series . For one or two incidents in the story there is , as far as I am aware , no other authority than the Pseudo - Ingulphus . The Charters given in the ' Description of ...
... Roman Wall " ; and several of the volumes included in the Rolls Series . For one or two incidents in the story there is , as far as I am aware , no other authority than the Pseudo - Ingulphus . The Charters given in the ' Description of ...
Page ix
Alfred John Church. PREFACE CONTENTS . 1 . PAGE vii BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMANS Iberians and Belgian Celts , 3 - Cæsar's Account of Britain , 5 -The Druids , 7 -- Laws of the Druids , 9 . II . CÆSAR IN BRITAIN ( First Expedition ) I - 10 ...
Alfred John Church. PREFACE CONTENTS . 1 . PAGE vii BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMANS Iberians and Belgian Celts , 3 - Cæsar's Account of Britain , 5 -The Druids , 7 -- Laws of the Druids , 9 . II . CÆSAR IN BRITAIN ( First Expedition ) I - 10 ...
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... ROMAN WALLS . 66-78 Southern Britain , 67 - Construction of the Wall , 69 - Military Roads , 73 - Severus Visits ... Romans on Britain , 89 -- Bignor and Chedworth , 91 . X. THE ENGLISH CONQUEST . " " 92 - III The Legend of Vortigern ...
... ROMAN WALLS . 66-78 Southern Britain , 67 - Construction of the Wall , 69 - Military Roads , 73 - Severus Visits ... Romans on Britain , 89 -- Bignor and Chedworth , 91 . X. THE ENGLISH CONQUEST . " " 92 - III The Legend of Vortigern ...
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... ROMAN GATES OF CHESTER COIN OF VESPASIAN . 44 57 BY PERMISSION OF THE REV . J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE SUPPOSED ROMAN BATHS AT SILCHESTER . PHOTOGRAPH BY MISS MONRO , OF STRAT- 58 FROM A FIELDSAYE RECTORY INSCRIPTION FOUND AT CASTLE CARY ...
... ROMAN GATES OF CHESTER COIN OF VESPASIAN . 44 57 BY PERMISSION OF THE REV . J. COLLINGWOOD BRUCE SUPPOSED ROMAN BATHS AT SILCHESTER . PHOTOGRAPH BY MISS MONRO , OF STRAT- 58 FROM A FIELDSAYE RECTORY INSCRIPTION FOUND AT CASTLE CARY ...
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... . FROM THE BAYEAUX TAPESTRY SHIPS OF WAR . FROM THE BAYEAUX TAPESTRY FOUNDATION OF THE CHOIR OF BATTLE ABBEY AND SITE OF THE HIGH ALTAR BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMANS . SOMETIME in the fourth century xviii ILLUSTRATIONS .
... . FROM THE BAYEAUX TAPESTRY SHIPS OF WAR . FROM THE BAYEAUX TAPESTRY FOUNDATION OF THE CHOIR OF BATTLE ABBEY AND SITE OF THE HIGH ALTAR BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMANS . SOMETIME in the fourth century xviii ILLUSTRATIONS .
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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 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