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... brother . And King Edwin's head was brought to York , and , when Oswald his sister's son reigned in Northum- berland , it was buried in the porch of the minster of Saint Peter , which Edwin had begun to build , and which Oswald his ...
... brother . And King Edwin's head was brought to York , and , when Oswald his sister's son reigned in Northum- berland , it was buried in the porch of the minster of Saint Peter , which Edwin had begun to build , and which Oswald his ...
Page 60
... brother of Oswald , son of Æthelfrith and sister's son to Edwin . Oswine was a cousin of Edwin . It should be remarked that most of the Northumbrian royal names begin with Os , as in Wessex they afterwards commonly begin with Ead and ...
... brother of Oswald , son of Æthelfrith and sister's son to Edwin . Oswine was a cousin of Edwin . It should be remarked that most of the Northumbrian royal names begin with Os , as in Wessex they afterwards commonly begin with Ead and ...
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... brother called Mul , and , what seems strange , neither of them was baptized . Yet Ceadwalla was a believer in Christ , though his deeds were not of a very Christian kind . He reigned only two years , and spent that time in overrunning ...
... brother called Mul , and , what seems strange , neither of them was baptized . Yet Ceadwalla was a believer in Christ , though his deeds were not of a very Christian kind . He reigned only two years , and spent that time in overrunning ...
Page 72
... brother of Æthelburh his wife , reigned in his stead . So Ine and Æthelburh went to Rome to the threshold of the Apostles , and Gregory1 the Pope received them gladly . Now Ine lived no more as a King , yet would he not make a show in ...
... brother of Æthelburh his wife , reigned in his stead . So Ine and Æthelburh went to Rome to the threshold of the Apostles , and Gregory1 the Pope received them gladly . Now Ine lived no more as a King , yet would he not make a show in ...
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... brother Æthelheard reigned instead of him . Perhaps this choice did not please all his people , for we read of an Ætheling named Oswald , ' a descendant of Ceawlin , who fought against Æthelheard the very year that Ine went away . But ...
... brother Æthelheard reigned instead of him . Perhaps this choice did not please all his people , for we read of an Ætheling named Oswald , ' a descendant of Ceawlin , who fought against Æthelheard the very year that Ine went away . But ...
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