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... buried at son . Winchesteri . A.D. 839. ATHELSTAN , brother of Ethelwulf , rules the country of Sussex , Surrey , Kent , and Essex . " This year there was great slaughter at London , and at Cwantawic ( probably Canterbury ) and ...
... buried at son . Winchesteri . A.D. 839. ATHELSTAN , brother of Ethelwulf , rules the country of Sussex , Surrey , Kent , and Essex . " This year there was great slaughter at London , and at Cwantawic ( probably Canterbury ) and ...
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... buried at Winchester . ETHELBALD AND ETHELBERT . THE two elder sons of Ethelwulf shared his dominions between them . Ethelbald , who only survived two years , is chiefly remarkable for his incestuous marriage with Judith , his father's ...
... buried at Winchester . ETHELBALD AND ETHELBERT . THE two elder sons of Ethelwulf shared his dominions between them . Ethelbald , who only survived two years , is chiefly remarkable for his incestuous marriage with Judith , his father's ...
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... interred at the place , since called in consequence , Rury St. Edmund's , and many churches still exist dedicated to St. Edmund , king and martyr . " 66 over Easter P , " and is buried at 78 [ A.D. 870- THE SAXON ERA .
... interred at the place , since called in consequence , Rury St. Edmund's , and many churches still exist dedicated to St. Edmund , king and martyr . " 66 over Easter P , " and is buried at 78 [ A.D. 870- THE SAXON ERA .
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William Edward Flaherty. 66 over Easter P , " and is buried at Wimborne . His brother Alfred succeeds . ALFRED THE GREAT . ALFRED , the fourth son of Ethelwulf , was born at Wantage , in Berkshire , in 849. In his fifth year he was sent ...
William Edward Flaherty. 66 over Easter P , " and is buried at Wimborne . His brother Alfred succeeds . ALFRED THE GREAT . ALFRED , the fourth son of Ethelwulf , was born at Wantage , in Berkshire , in 849. In his fifth year he was sent ...
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... buried at Pavia . A.D. 890. Guthrum dies . The Northmen in France defeated by the Bretons . A.D. 891. The Northmen , being defeated in the east of France , near Louvaine , Sept. 1 , begin to retrace their steps to the coast . A.D. 893 ...
... buried at Pavia . A.D. 890. Guthrum dies . The Northmen in France defeated by the Bretons . A.D. 891. The Northmen , being defeated in the east of France , near Louvaine , Sept. 1 , begin to retrace their steps to the coast . A.D. 893 ...
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Page 41 - When they pursue, they inevitably overtake : when they are pursued, their escape is certain. They despise danger: they are inured to shipwreck: they are eager to purchase booty with the peril of their lives. Tempests, which to others are so dreadful, to them are subjects of joy.
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Page 68 - Egbert ; for formerly they had been unjustly forced from him. And the same year the king of the East Angles and the people sought the alliance and protection of King Egbert for dread of the Mercians ; and the same year the East Angles slew Beornwulf, king of Mercia.
Page 177 - How he came to know this he neither explained at the time, nor did any of his hearers ask : nevertheless, out of respect to his piety, not a doubt of the truth of his words remained on the minds of any present.
Page 118 - England, if any one before that had said that it should be so, for Godwin had been erewhile to that degree exalted, as if he ruled the king and all England ; and his sons were earls and the king's darlings, and his daughter wedded and united to the king.
Page 46 - Bede's list comprises Ella of Sussex, Ceawlin of Wessex, Ethelbert of Kent, Redwald of East Anglia, and Edwin, Oswald, and Oswy of Northumbria. The...
Page 74 - Harden 5 and they were in two bodies, and they put both to flight, and during a great part of the day were victorious; and there was great slaughter on either hand; but the Danes had possession of the place of carnage: and there bishop Heahmund* was slain, and many good men : and after this battle there came a great army in the summer to Reading.
Page 115 - Godwin the earl, and Sigwarth [Siward] the earl, with their followers, to Winchester, unawares upon the lady [Emma]; and they bereaved her of all the treasures which she possessed, they were not to be told, because before that she had been very hard with the king her son; inasmuch as she had done less for him than he would, before he was king, and also since: and they suffered her after that to remain therein.
Page 157 - Likewise he decreed by the hares, that they should go free. His rich < men bemoaned it, and the poor men shuddered at it. But he was so stern, that he recked not the hatred of them all; for they must follow withal the king's will, if they would live, or have land, or possessions, or even his peace.