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... nobles . The freemen constituted the armed force of the shire , and the ealdorman of the shire was their chief . The division of the country into shires , hun- dreds , and tithings , made the calling out of these levies a matter of well ...
... nobles . The freemen constituted the armed force of the shire , and the ealdorman of the shire was their chief . The division of the country into shires , hun- dreds , and tithings , made the calling out of these levies a matter of well ...
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... nobles demanded that the choice between Edward and Ethelred should be deter- mined by election . Dunstan , by one of his vigorous movements , quelled the dispute ; and presenting Edward to the assembled thanes and eccle- siastics at ...
... nobles demanded that the choice between Edward and Ethelred should be deter- mined by election . Dunstan , by one of his vigorous movements , quelled the dispute ; and presenting Edward to the assembled thanes and eccle- siastics at ...
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... nobles , and from those of the north . Ethelred now fled to the Isle of Wight , and London surrendered . The country was subdued ; the coast was watched . The king went to Richard of Normandy . He had been a faithless husband , but he ...
... nobles , and from those of the north . Ethelred now fled to the Isle of Wight , and London surrendered . The country was subdued ; the coast was watched . The king went to Richard of Normandy . He had been a faithless husband , but he ...
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... nobles was now bestowed upon Danes . A law imposed a fine upon any township where a Dane was killed . The Danish thanes were surrounded by their countrymen in the great cities . London , which had so stoutly resisted the intruders ...
... nobles was now bestowed upon Danes . A law imposed a fine upon any township where a Dane was killed . The Danish thanes were surrounded by their countrymen in the great cities . London , which had so stoutly resisted the intruders ...
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... nobles were divided as to the choice of a successor to the Danish king ; but at a Witenagemot held at Oxford , it was decided that Mercia and Northumbria should be assigned to Harold ; whilst Wessex should be . held by Emma , as regent ...
... nobles were divided as to the choice of a successor to the Danish king ; but at a Witenagemot held at Oxford , it was decided that Mercia and Northumbria should be assigned to Harold ; whilst Wessex should be . held by Emma , as regent ...
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