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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... kingdom 111 Dunstan . 145 113 Arbitrary power 146 114 Edward . 147 115 His Accession 147 Judicial subdivisions of the kingdom . 116 His Murder 148 Frank - pledge 117 Courts of Justice 118 ILLUSTRATIONS . Tenure of Lands . 119 Portrait ...
... kingdom 111 Dunstan . 145 113 Arbitrary power 146 114 Edward . 147 115 His Accession 147 Judicial subdivisions of the kingdom . 116 His Murder 148 Frank - pledge 117 Courts of Justice 118 ILLUSTRATIONS . Tenure of Lands . 119 Portrait ...
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... kingdom , its relation to foreign countries , the character of its people , the principles of its institutions , the elements of its wealth , the duties of its government , the reciprocal obligations of subject to subject , and the bond ...
... kingdom , its relation to foreign countries , the character of its people , the principles of its institutions , the elements of its wealth , the duties of its government , the reciprocal obligations of subject to subject , and the bond ...
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... kingdom of the West Saxons , and conquer the Isle of Wight . In the middle of the century Ida begins to reign , from whom arose the royal race of North - humbria . In 565 Ethelbert succeeded to the kingdom of the Kentish - men , and ...
... kingdom of the West Saxons , and conquer the Isle of Wight . In the middle of the century Ida begins to reign , from whom arose the royal race of North - humbria . In 565 Ethelbert succeeded to the kingdom of the Kentish - men , and ...
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... kingdom of the South Saxons , -our present Sussex . Later in the fifth century , the same people , under Cerdic , established them- selves in the district extending from Sussex to Devonshire and Cornwall , which was the kingdom of the ...
... kingdom of the South Saxons , -our present Sussex . Later in the fifth century , the same people , under Cerdic , established them- selves in the district extending from Sussex to Devonshire and Cornwall , which was the kingdom of the ...
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... kingdom of the West Saxons was another powerful confederation , which ultimately became the acknowledged seat of the ... kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia , extended beyond the Humber to the Border - land . There , in the north , were the ...
... kingdom of the West Saxons was another powerful confederation , which ultimately became the acknowledged seat of the ... kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia , extended beyond the Humber to the Border - land . There , in the north , were the ...
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