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... fighting 2 Teutonic is the general name for all branches of the German race , either in Germany or elsewhere . 3 In the fifth and sixth centuries after Christ the Empire of Rome was attacked by the German peoples , who overran most of ...
... fighting 2 Teutonic is the general name for all branches of the German race , either in Germany or elsewhere . 3 In the fifth and sixth centuries after Christ the Empire of Rome was attacked by the German peoples , who overran most of ...
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... fighting was already a characteristic of the race . War was the Englishman's " shield - play . " and " sword - game ... fight , had long found a home there , and lived as they 4 Gleeman is the old English name for minstrel . could by ...
... fighting was already a characteristic of the race . War was the Englishman's " shield - play . " and " sword - game ... fight , had long found a home there , and lived as they 4 Gleeman is the old English name for minstrel . could by ...
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... Rome itself , the Empire withdrew its troops and officers from the island ; 5 Keel is still in northern England the name for a boat . but with independence came the need of fighting for self- THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN . 5.
... Rome itself , the Empire withdrew its troops and officers from the island ; 5 Keel is still in northern England the name for a boat . but with independence came the need of fighting for self- THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN . 5.
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John Richard Green. but with independence came the need of fighting for self- defence against the sea - rovers who attacked its shores , and the Picts or tribes of the Scotch Highlands who pene- trated to the heart of the country . It ...
John Richard Green. but with independence came the need of fighting for self- defence against the sea - rovers who attacked its shores , and the Picts or tribes of the Scotch Highlands who pene- trated to the heart of the country . It ...
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... fight between the Britons and their invaders was a long and stubborn one ; and it was not till the end of the sixth century that the eastern half of Britain had become a country of Englishmen . But these Englishmen were broken up into ...
... fight between the Britons and their invaders was a long and stubborn one ; and it was not till the end of the sixth century that the eastern half of Britain had become a country of Englishmen . But these Englishmen were broken up into ...
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