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... kings of the island acknowledged themselves the vassals of the Bretwaldas . We are not thoroughly convinced of any ... king of Wessex , who began to reign about 568 , stepped into the dignity , which , how- ever , was contested with him ...
... kings of the island acknowledged themselves the vassals of the Bretwaldas . We are not thoroughly convinced of any ... king of Wessex , who began to reign about 568 , stepped into the dignity , which , how- ever , was contested with him ...
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... kings to acknowledge themselves his vassals . Oswald was slain in battle ( A.D. 642 ) like his uncle Edwin , and by the same enemy , the fierce and still unconverted Penda , king of Mercia , who was as desirous as ever of establishing ...
... kings to acknowledge themselves his vassals . Oswald was slain in battle ( A.D. 642 ) like his uncle Edwin , and by the same enemy , the fierce and still unconverted Penda , king of Mercia , who was as desirous as ever of establishing ...
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... king of Mercia , died in 670 , during the pro- gress of this fearful disease , but not of it . Although we here lose the convenient point of concentration afforded by the reigns of the Bret- waldas , it is at a point where the seven ...
... king of Mercia , died in 670 , during the pro- gress of this fearful disease , but not of it . Although we here lose the convenient point of concentration afforded by the reigns of the Bret- waldas , it is at a point where the seven ...
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... kings . It was the feast of the Epiphany , or Twelfth - night , and the Saxons were probably celebrating the ... king could not make head against the Danes ; but other accounts state that he imme- diately fought several battles in rapid ...
... kings . It was the feast of the Epiphany , or Twelfth - night , and the Saxons were probably celebrating the ... king could not make head against the Danes ; but other accounts state that he imme- diately fought several battles in rapid ...
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... king was , in the words of William of Malmsbury , " in time little - in deeds great . ' Had it been prolonged , he might possibly have consolidated his power , and averted those tempests from the north which soon again desolated Eng ...
... king was , in the words of William of Malmsbury , " in time little - in deeds great . ' Had it been prolonged , he might possibly have consolidated his power , and averted those tempests from the north which soon again desolated Eng ...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People ..., Volume 1 George Lillie Craik Affichage du livre entier - 1847 |
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