The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatG. Bell, 1848 - 417 pages |
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... Reign of Egbert , king of Wessex , from A.D. 802 to 839. - Eighth Bretwalda , or Lord Paramount of England , after A.D. 823. - His exile in France , and return to England - His coronation - The skirmish at Kempsford - His invasion of ...
... Reign of Egbert , king of Wessex , from A.D. 802 to 839. - Eighth Bretwalda , or Lord Paramount of England , after A.D. 823. - His exile in France , and return to England - His coronation - The skirmish at Kempsford - His invasion of ...
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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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... two , its rivals . Such a result seemed likely to be brought about by the powerful Offa , who governed Mercia during a long reign of thirty - nine years , from A.D. 755 to 794. The state of A. D. 500-800 . ] THE HEPTARCHY .
... two , its rivals . Such a result seemed likely to be brought about by the powerful Offa , who governed Mercia during a long reign of thirty - nine years , from A.D. 755 to 794. The state of A. D. 500-800 . ] THE HEPTARCHY .
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... reign , Cynewolf was worsted in a great battle , fought at Bensington against Offa , and the military power of the kingdom of Wessex was much shattered by this defeat . In the year 784 , which was the thirty - first of Cynewolf's reign ...
... reign , Cynewolf was worsted in a great battle , fought at Bensington against Offa , and the military power of the kingdom of Wessex was much shattered by this defeat . In the year 784 , which was the thirty - first of Cynewolf's reign ...
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... reign- ing over the western parts of the English , and the innocent people , dispersed throughout their fields ... reigns , And deluges th ' extended plains . But this abandoned woman could not be restrained , either by summer's heat or ...
... reign- ing over the western parts of the English , and the innocent people , dispersed throughout their fields ... reigns , And deluges th ' extended plains . But this abandoned woman could not be restrained , either by summer's heat or ...
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