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... friends , and to load them with honours and offices ; and he even made a Norman , Robert of Fumièges , Archbishop of Canterbury . At the head of the party op- posed to the foreigners stood Godwin , Earl of the West Saxons , who had ...
... friends , and to load them with honours and offices ; and he even made a Norman , Robert of Fumièges , Archbishop of Canterbury . At the head of the party op- posed to the foreigners stood Godwin , Earl of the West Saxons , who had ...
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... friend , and his partisans in Bristol robbed and plundered , seizing on men of wealth and carrying them off , blindfolded and gagged with sharp - toothed bits , to be starved and tortured for ransom . The highways were in- fested with ...
... friend , and his partisans in Bristol robbed and plundered , seizing on men of wealth and carrying them off , blindfolded and gagged with sharp - toothed bits , to be starved and tortured for ransom . The highways were in- fested with ...
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... friend the Chancellor , Thomas Becket , to the archbishopric of Canterbury . Thomas was , the son of a wealthy London citizen of Norman descent ; and though an ecclesiastic , he busied himself wholly in secular matters . As soon however ...
... friend the Chancellor , Thomas Becket , to the archbishopric of Canterbury . Thomas was , the son of a wealthy London citizen of Norman descent ; and though an ecclesiastic , he busied himself wholly in secular matters . As soon however ...
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... friend Philip Augustus of France . To raise money , he sold earldoms , Crown lands , offices of State . " I would ... friendship had cooled . Jealousies and quarrels XIV . ] 53 RICHARD THE IION - HEART .
... friend Philip Augustus of France . To raise money , he sold earldoms , Crown lands , offices of State . " I would ... friendship had cooled . Jealousies and quarrels XIV . ] 53 RICHARD THE IION - HEART .
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Edith Thompson. there , their friendship had cooled . Jealousies and quarrels ruined the Crusade ; Philip soon went home to lay plans for possessing himself of Richard's continental dominions ; the other crusading princes were disgusted ...
Edith Thompson. there , their friendship had cooled . Jealousies and quarrels ruined the Crusade ; Philip soon went home to lay plans for possessing himself of Richard's continental dominions ; the other crusading princes were disgusted ...
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