The Queens Before the Conquest, Том 2H. Colburn, 1854 - Всего страниц: 800 |
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... Mercia - Omens- Rich gifts and grand retinue of the bridegroom - Etheldritha , at her window , admires the beauty and grandeur of her lover - Quendrida's envy and hatred - Offa's welcome - The Queen's treacherous proposal - The chair of ...
... Mercia - Omens- Rich gifts and grand retinue of the bridegroom - Etheldritha , at her window , admires the beauty and grandeur of her lover - Quendrida's envy and hatred - Offa's welcome - The Queen's treacherous proposal - The chair of ...
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... Mercia The title of Queen revived - The Danes overrun Mercia― Subdue Burhred , and force him to abandon his country -He dies at Rome - His Queen follows him , and dies on ' the road - Alfred's infancy - Prayer of Osburga - The story of ...
... Mercia The title of Queen revived - The Danes overrun Mercia― Subdue Burhred , and force him to abandon his country -He dies at Rome - His Queen follows him , and dies on ' the road - Alfred's infancy - Prayer of Osburga - The story of ...
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... Mercia . " Romantic legend of the meeting of Alfred the Great and Els- witha - Albanac's family - The nocturnal visit - The daugh- ters - The father's resolve - The choice offered - Marriage of Alfred and Elswitha - Sudden illness of ...
... Mercia . " Romantic legend of the meeting of Alfred the Great and Els- witha - Albanac's family - The nocturnal visit - The daugh- ters - The father's resolve - The choice offered - Marriage of Alfred and Elswitha - Sudden illness of ...
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... MERCIA . CONTENTS . Ostrida marries Ethelred , the youngest son of Penda - Elfwin slain -Archbishop Theodore endeavours to reconcile the Kings— Ostrida removes the bones of Saint Oswald - Abbey of Bardney- The miracle of the pillar of ...
... MERCIA . CONTENTS . Ostrida marries Ethelred , the youngest son of Penda - Elfwin slain -Archbishop Theodore endeavours to reconcile the Kings— Ostrida removes the bones of Saint Oswald - Abbey of Bardney- The miracle of the pillar of ...
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... Mercia had been taken in the reign of Wulphere , and Ethelred demanded restitution from Egfrid of the province of the Lindiswaras.3 In a great battle , fought near the river Trent , Elfwin , a youth of eighteen , brother of Egfrid and ...
... Mercia had been taken in the reign of Wulphere , and Ethelred demanded restitution from Egfrid of the province of the Lindiswaras.3 In a great battle , fought near the river Trent , Elfwin , a youth of eighteen , brother of Egfrid and ...
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