The History of England: The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest ... In three volumes ... 6th ed. 1836Longman, Orme, Brown and Green, and Longman, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... Saxon MSS . lay still un- examined , and neither their contents nor the im- portant 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 ...
... Saxon MSS . lay still un- examined , and neither their contents nor the im- portant 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 ...
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... Saxon MSS . and other ancient books . The valu- able information thus obtained the author endea- voured to give to the public , in a readable form in this work , of which two - thirds have not appeared in English history before . His ...
... Saxon MSS . and other ancient books . The valu- able information thus obtained the author endea- voured to give to the public , in a readable form in this work , of which two - thirds have not appeared in English history before . His ...
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... Saxon parlia- ment , or witena - gemot , many have desired more satisfactory information than the author had incor ... Saxon Constitution and laws , as far as an attentive consideration of our most ancient documents has enabled him to ...
... Saxon parlia- ment , or witena - gemot , many have desired more satisfactory information than the author had incor ... Saxon Constitution and laws , as far as an attentive consideration of our most ancient documents has enabled him to ...
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... SAXONS IN THEIR PAGAN STATE . CHAP . I. Character and persons of the most ancient Saxons 202 CHAP . II . Their government and laws 208 CHAP . III . Religion of the Saxons in their Pagan state 213 Their idols 217 Their rites 222 Their ...
... SAXONS IN THEIR PAGAN STATE . CHAP . I. Character and persons of the most ancient Saxons 202 CHAP . II . Their government and laws 208 CHAP . III . Religion of the Saxons in their Pagan state 213 Their idols 217 Their rites 222 Their ...
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... Saxon kings 275 CHAP . III . Ancient BRITISH Accounts of the Battles with the WEST SAXONS : and the authentic History of ARTHUR . 530 . Battle of Llongborth VOL . I. on the Llawen of Bath a 281 282 ib . A. C. Page Probable history of ...
... Saxon kings 275 CHAP . III . Ancient BRITISH Accounts of the Battles with the WEST SAXONS : and the authentic History of ARTHUR . 530 . Battle of Llongborth VOL . I. on the Llawen of Bath a 281 282 ib . A. C. Page Probable history of ...
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Common terms and phrases
æra afterwards Alaric ancestors ancient Saxons Angles Anglo-Saxon Armorica army Arthur attack authority barbarians barbaric battle became Bede BOOK Britain British Britons Cæsar called celebrated century Cerdic CHAP Chauci Cherusci Christian Chron Chronicle chronology Cimbri civil civilised civitates coast conquest Constantine Danube death deity destroyed Edda Elbe emperor enemies England Europe Euxine express Flor Francs Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Goths Gwrtheyrn Hengist Herodotus Hist Honorius human Ibid idol imperial inhabitants invaders invasion island Jeffry Jutes Keltic Kelts Kent Kimmerians king kingdom Krantz language Mascou Maximus mentioned Mercia military mind monath nations natives Nennius northern numbers ocean Odin Offa origin Orosius period Picts plunder Pontanus population provinces Ptolemy race regions reign remarks Rhine Roman empire Rome Saxons says Scythian Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus Theodosius tion tribes Welsh Weser Wessex Woden Zosimus