The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1856 - Great Britain |
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... Harold and Hardicanute 160 Attribution to him of miraculous powers 137 Murder of Alfred 160 His elevation to the primacy 137 Death of Hardicanute 161 State of the Anglo - church 138 Election of Edward the Confessor 162 Cathedrals and ...
... Harold and Hardicanute 160 Attribution to him of miraculous powers 137 Murder of Alfred 160 His elevation to the primacy 137 Death of Hardicanute 161 State of the Anglo - church 138 Election of Edward the Confessor 162 Cathedrals and ...
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... Harold 171 General oath of fealty 203 203 Harold in Normandy 203 Harold returns to England 204 Banishment of Tostig 205 Death of Edward the Confessor 176 Forests 205 Harold chosen king 176 New Forest 205 Norman preparations for invasion ...
... Harold 171 General oath of fealty 203 203 Harold in Normandy 203 Harold returns to England 204 Banishment of Tostig 205 Death of Edward the Confessor 176 Forests 205 Harold chosen king 176 New Forest 205 Norman preparations for invasion ...
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... by the Protestant , contending that at twelve years old he could not read . See " Harleian Miscellany . " See Gibbon , chap . lxxi . Byron has paraphrased this in " Childe Harold , " canto iv . A.D. 860. ] ETHELBALD - ETHELBERT . 85 It is.
... by the Protestant , contending that at twelve years old he could not read . See " Harleian Miscellany . " See Gibbon , chap . lxxi . Byron has paraphrased this in " Childe Harold , " canto iv . A.D. 860. ] ETHELBALD - ETHELBERT . 85 It is.
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... Harold and Hardicanute - Murder of Alfred- Death of Hardicanute- Election of Edward the Confessor - Earl Godwin - Influence of the Normans - Banish- ment of Godwin and his sons - Triumph of the Norman party . CANUTE , who died at ...
... Harold and Hardicanute - Murder of Alfred- Death of Hardicanute- Election of Edward the Confessor - Earl Godwin - Influence of the Normans - Banish- ment of Godwin and his sons - Triumph of the Norman party . CANUTE , who died at ...
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... HAROLD AND HARDICANUTE . [ A.D. 1035-1039 . Northumbria and East Anglia became blended with that of the earlier settlers of Wessex and Mercia . In the same way the several races became gradually intermixed . Thomas Fuller says of the ...
... HAROLD AND HARDICANUTE . [ A.D. 1035-1039 . Northumbria and East Anglia became blended with that of the earlier settlers of Wessex and Mercia . In the same way the several races became gradually intermixed . Thomas Fuller says of the ...
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