The Queens Before the Conquest, Том 2H. Colburn, 1854 - Всего страниц: 800 |
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... Gold and silver ink - The Abbess Eadburga - The letters of St. Boniface to the pious Abbess - The Danes- Mildgitha retires to Estrey - Estrey Court - The sepulchres of the murdered princes there - Mildburga and her father— Their tombs ...
... Gold and silver ink - The Abbess Eadburga - The letters of St. Boniface to the pious Abbess - The Danes- Mildgitha retires to Estrey - Estrey Court - The sepulchres of the murdered princes there - Mildburga and her father— Their tombs ...
Стр. ix
... gold - Influence of Emma - Mutual attachment - Danish dandies - Drinking- cups دو - Back - gammon - Poets - Story of Canute and his courtiers - Splendid gifts to abbeys - The King's verses- Vauland , the smith - Hardicanute and Gunilda ...
... gold - Influence of Emma - Mutual attachment - Danish dandies - Drinking- cups دو - Back - gammon - Poets - Story of Canute and his courtiers - Splendid gifts to abbeys - The King's verses- Vauland , the smith - Hardicanute and Gunilda ...
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... gold and purple . " This standard had been wrought " by no hands , as ye may guess , " but those of Queen Ostrida herself , who , by her own industry , and at her own cost , decorated the tomb in which the hallowed relics of her ...
... gold and purple . " This standard had been wrought " by no hands , as ye may guess , " but those of Queen Ostrida herself , who , by her own industry , and at her own cost , decorated the tomb in which the hallowed relics of her ...
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... gold : a robe worn by Aldheln was con- structed of a purple ground , composed of delicate thread , upon which appeared black circles ; and in those circles were wrought the figures of peacocks , of an ample size . Such was the taste of ...
... gold : a robe worn by Aldheln was con- structed of a purple ground , composed of delicate thread , upon which appeared black circles ; and in those circles were wrought the figures of peacocks , of an ample size . Such was the taste of ...
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... gold leaf . Similar ornaments were seen in a tomb discovered in repairing Rochester Cathedral , though of rather a later date . 2 Lives of the Sants . years a famous singer named Maban , by whose instruc- ETHELDReda . 25.
... gold leaf . Similar ornaments were seen in a tomb discovered in repairing Rochester Cathedral , though of rather a later date . 2 Lives of the Sants . years a famous singer named Maban , by whose instruc- ETHELDReda . 25.
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Abbess Abbey Abbot afterwards Alfred ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Archbishop Athelstan beauty bestowed Bishop brother called Canterbury Canute castle Cathedral church court crown Danes Danish daughter death Domneva Dugdale Duke Dunstan Eadburga Earl Edgar Edgifa Edmund Edward the Confessor Edward the Elder Edwy Egbert Egfrid Elfleda Elfrida Elswitha Emma's England English Ermenilda Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelburga Etheldreda Ethelfleda Ethelgiva Ethelred Ethelwold Ethelwulf father favour Godwin gold Hardicanute Harold Heptarchy Holinshed holy honour husband interest interred Judith Kenelm King Edward King's kingdom lady land Lingard lived Lord Malmesbury marriage married Mercia monarch monastery monks mother murder narrative noble Norman Normandy occasion Offa Osburga Ostrida palace Peada person possession prelate present Prince Princess Queen Editha Queen Emma Quendrida reign Roger of Wendover royal Saxon Chronicle says Sexburga sister sons throne tomb vols volumes Werburga Wessex wife William William of Malmesbury Winchester young
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