History of the Anglo-Saxons, Volume 1Baudry, 1840 |
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afterwards Alfred Alfred's ancestors ancient Angles Anglo-Saxon Armorica army Arthur Asser attack authority barbarians barbaric battle became Bede Bernicia Britain British Britons Cæsar called celebrated century Cerdic character chiefs chieftains Christian Chron chronology civil coast conflict conquest Danes death defeated Deira deity depredations destroyed district East Anglia Edda Egbert Elbe emperor empire enemies England Ethelbald Ethelwerd Ethelwulph express Flor Francs Gaul German Gibbon Gildas governed Gwrtheyrn Hengist Hist human Ibid idol incident Ingulf inhabitants invaders invasion island Jeffry Jutes Kent king kingdom land Malmsb Malmsbury Mascou Matt mentioned Mercia mind nations natives Nennius northern Northmen Northumbria ocean octarchy Odin Offa Penda period perished Picts plunder provinces Ragnar reign Rhine Roman Rome Saga Saxo Saxon Chronicle says slaughter Snorre sovereign Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus Taliesin tion tribes Urien victory Wales warriors Welsh Weser Wessex West Woden Zosimus
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Page 59 - The Saxons were a German or Teutonic, that is, a Gothic or Scythian tribe ; and of the various Scythian nations which have been recorded, the Sakai, or Sacae, are the people from whom the descent of the Saxons may be inferred, with the least violation of probability.
Page 104 - Rhine over the greater part of the seventeen provinces of Gaul. That rich and extensive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, was delivered to the barbarians, who drove before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the senator, and the virgin, laden with the...
Page 77 - Germanicus, to spread the slaughter as wide as possible, divided his men into four battalions. The country, fifty miles round, was laid waste with fire and sword; no compassion for sex or age; no distinction of places, holy or profane; nothing was sacred. In the general ruin the Temple of Tanfan (a), which was held by the inhabitants in the highest veneration, was levelled to the ground.
Page 174 - Below this, at the depth of sixteen feet from the surface, a coffin of hollow oak was found containing bones of an unusual size. The leg-bone was three fingers (probably in their breadth) longer than that of the tallest man then present. This man was pointed out to Giraldus. The skull was large, and showed the marks of ten wounds. Nine of these had concreted into the bony mass, but one had a cleft in it, and the opening still remained; apparently the mortal blow.
Page 12 - There is an education of mind, distinct from the literary, which is gradually imparted by the contingencies of active life. In this, which is always the education of the largest portion of mankind, our ancestors were never deficient.
Page 135 - He is described in the Edda as the First of the Gods : " He lives for ever : he governs all his kingdom, both the small parts and the great : he made heaven, and the earth, and the air : he made man, and gave him a spirit which shall live even afler the body shall have vanished.
Page 224 - Perhaps the conjecture on this dignity which would come nearest the truth, would be, that it was the walda or ruler of the Saxon kingdoms against the Britons, while the latter maintained the struggle for the possession of the country : a species of Agamemnon against the general enemy, not a title of dignity or power against each other. If so, it would be but the war-king of the Saxons in Britain, against its native chiefs.
Page 106 - the authentic history from 407, is, that the barbarians, excited by Gerontius, burst in terror upon Gaul and Britain; that Constantine could give no help, because his troops were in Spain; that...
Page 57 - The first scenes of their civil existence, and of their progressive power, were in Asia, to the east of the Araxes. Here they multiplied and extended their territorial limits, for some centuries, unknown to Europe.
Page iii - The Anglo-Saxon MSS. lay still unexamined, and neither their contents nor the important facts which the ancient writers and records of other nations had preserved of the transactions and fortunes of our ancestors had been ever made a part of our general history.