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Page xxvi
... Cnut comes back ; the West- Saxons submit to Cnut while Edmund holds out in the North Northumberland submits to Cnut ; murder of Uhtred ; death of • Æthelred ; Edmund elected King in London and Cnut at Southampton ; Battles of Pen ...
... Cnut comes back ; the West- Saxons submit to Cnut while Edmund holds out in the North Northumberland submits to Cnut ; murder of Uhtred ; death of • Æthelred ; Edmund elected King in London and Cnut at Southampton ; Battles of Pen ...
Page xxvii
... Cnut's pilgrimage to Rome ; birth of William the Conqueror Cnut puts forth a code of laws 1023 1027 1028 Scotland submits to Cnut . 1031 Death of Cnut ; disputed election between Harold and Harthacnut ; the Kingdom divided . . . 1035 ...
... Cnut's pilgrimage to Rome ; birth of William the Conqueror Cnut puts forth a code of laws 1023 1027 1028 Scotland submits to Cnut . 1031 Death of Cnut ; disputed election between Harold and Harthacnut ; the Kingdom divided . . . 1035 ...
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... Cnut the Dane and his sons , Harold son of Godwine , and William the Conqueror . William's sons were descended from Cerdic in a roundabout way through their mother . the Welsh writers who speak of him did not write D 2 FOUNDATION OF THE ...
... Cnut the Dane and his sons , Harold son of Godwine , and William the Conqueror . William's sons were descended from Cerdic in a roundabout way through their mother . the Welsh writers who speak of him did not write D 2 FOUNDATION OF THE ...
Page 111
... of the English Alderman , but it was not till Cnut's time that it got into Southern England . 2 This part of the story comes from Asser only . fight , for the heathen men press hard upon us HOW ENGLAND BECAME ONE KINGDOM . III.
... of the English Alderman , but it was not till Cnut's time that it got into Southern England . 2 This part of the story comes from Asser only . fight , for the heathen men press hard upon us HOW ENGLAND BECAME ONE KINGDOM . III.
Page 155
... Cnut's time . 2 I hardly know how to translate the word Beorn . I am not clear that Ber , Baron , and the like , are not corruptions of it , but it would hardly do to talk of Barons so soon . 3 Glory to last all his life , till his eld ...
... Cnut's time . 2 I hardly know how to translate the word Beorn . I am not clear that Ber , Baron , and the like , are not corruptions of it , but it would hardly do to talk of Barons so soon . 3 Glory to last all his life , till his eld ...
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Ælfgar Ælfthryth Æthelberht Æthelburh Æthelfrith Æthelred Æthelwald afterwards Alderman Alfred Archbishop army battle Bishop Bishoprick Bretwalda Britain brother called chosen King Christian Chronicle church cloth Cnut Cnut's College conquered Crown 8vo Cyneheard Danes Danish death died Duke William Dunstan Eadburh Eadric Eadwig Ealdred Earl Godwine Earl Harold Earl Tostig Earldom East-Anglia Ecgberht Edgar Edition Edwin elementary Emperor England English Ethelweard father fcap fight fought French Gaul German Greek Gruffydd Harthacnut heathen High-Dutch housecarls Kent killed King Æthelred King Æthelstan King Edmund King Edward King Harold King's Kingdom land language Latin lived London lord married Mercia minster monks Normans Northmen Northumberland Northumbrians oath Offa Old-English Pope reign remember Roman Rome Saint Saxons Scots seems ships spake story Swegen tell Teutonic Thanes thee things thou thought told took Tostig town TREATISE unto Wales Welsh Wessex West-Saxons wife William of Malmesbury Wise word
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