A Student's History of England from the Earliest Times to 1885, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... held were constantly breaking through to plunder the Roman territory , and he soon found that he must either allow the lands of Roman subjects to be plundered , or must carry war amongst the hostile tribes . He naturally chose the ...
... held were constantly breaking through to plunder the Roman territory , and he soon found that he must either allow the lands of Roman subjects to be plundered , or must carry war amongst the hostile tribes . He naturally chose the ...
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... held at Arles in Gaul . Little more than these few facts have been handed down , but there is no doubt that there was a settled Church established in the island . The Emperor Constantine acknowledged Christianity as the re- ligion of ...
... held at Arles in Gaul . Little more than these few facts have been handed down , but there is no doubt that there was a settled Church established in the island . The Emperor Constantine acknowledged Christianity as the re- ligion of ...
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... held power in different parts of the island as the successors of the Roman Duke of the Britains and of the Roman Count of the Saxon Shore . Their power of resistance to the Picts and the Scots was , how- ever , weakened by the ...
... held power in different parts of the island as the successors of the Roman Duke of the Britains and of the Roman Count of the Saxon Shore . Their power of resistance to the Picts and the Scots was , how- ever , weakened by the ...
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... held to be disgraceful for a Gesith to return from battle alive if his chief had been slain . The word by which the chief was known was Hlaford ( Lord ) , which means a giver of bread , because the Gesiths ate his bread . They not only ...
... held to be disgraceful for a Gesith to return from battle alive if his chief had been slain . The word by which the chief was known was Hlaford ( Lord ) , which means a giver of bread , because the Gesiths ate his bread . They not only ...
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... have been inhabited , either by a hundred kindred groups of the original settlers or by the families of a hun- dred warriors . This hundred - moot was held once a month , and was attended by four men and the reeve from every township 12.
... have been inhabited , either by a hundred kindred groups of the original settlers or by the families of a hun- dred warriors . This hundred - moot was held once a month , and was attended by four men and the reeve from every township 12.
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