The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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... Vortigern , 93 - Hengist and Horsa , 95 - The Wood called " Andreds weald , ' 97 The West Saxons in Britain , 99 - The Angles , 101 - The Kingdom of Northumbria , 103 - The Kingdom of Mercia , 105 - The Boundary of Wales , 107 - The ...
... Vortigern , 93 - Hengist and Horsa , 95 - The Wood called " Andreds weald , ' 97 The West Saxons in Britain , 99 - The Angles , 101 - The Kingdom of Northumbria , 103 - The Kingdom of Mercia , 105 - The Boundary of Wales , 107 - The ...
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... VORTIGERN . " Vortigern , King of Kent , seeing that the Picts troubled him by land and the Saxons by sea , thought to himself , ' I shall do well if I can set these robbers the one against the other . ' So he spake to one Hengist ...
... VORTIGERN . " Vortigern , King of Kent , seeing that the Picts troubled him by land and the Saxons by sea , thought to himself , ' I shall do well if I can set these robbers the one against the other . ' So he spake to one Hengist ...
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Alfred John Church. THE LEGEND OF VORTIGERN . 93 a feast to which he called King Vortigern . Now Hengist had a daughter Rowena , who was exceeding fair , and the maiden stood at the board and served the king with mead . When the king ...
Alfred John Church. THE LEGEND OF VORTIGERN . 93 a feast to which he called King Vortigern . Now Hengist had a daughter Rowena , who was exceeding fair , and the maiden stood at the board and served the king with mead . When the king ...
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... Vortigern , King of the Britons , sought Britain ; first in support of the Britons , but afterwards they fought against them . " These are the words of the shortest and , we may sup- pose , the earliest form of the Anglo - Saxon ...
... Vortigern , King of the Britons , sought Britain ; first in support of the Britons , but afterwards they fought against them . " These are the words of the shortest and , we may sup- pose , the earliest form of the Anglo - Saxon ...
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... Vortigern the King on the spot that is called Aylesford . " The battle , we may guess , was fiercely contested , for Horsa was slain . " Hengist afterwards took to the kingdom with his son Esc . " Two years afterwards we hear of another ...
... Vortigern the King on the spot that is called Aylesford . " The battle , we may guess , was fiercely contested , for Horsa was slain . " Hengist afterwards took to the kingdom with his son Esc . " Two years afterwards we hear of another ...
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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