The Queens Before the Conquest, Том 2H. Colburn, 1854 - Всего страниц: 800 |
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... - thumberland , on her father's side ; while on that of her mother , grand - daughter of Bertha and Ethelbert , she claimed her origin from the French monarchs , and the VOL . II . B famous hero Woden , the common ancestor of the Anglo.
... - thumberland , on her father's side ; while on that of her mother , grand - daughter of Bertha and Ethelbert , she claimed her origin from the French monarchs , and the VOL . II . B famous hero Woden , the common ancestor of the Anglo.
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... monarch , warned by the fate of his kingly predecessors , made every effort to conciliate his formidable enemy . He not only sent him the most valuable presents , but delivered over his second son , Egfrid , as a hostage into the care ...
... monarch , warned by the fate of his kingly predecessors , made every effort to conciliate his formidable enemy . He not only sent him the most valuable presents , but delivered over his second son , Egfrid , as a hostage into the care ...
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... monarch . After the death of Peada , the name of Alfleda , his consort , dis- appears from the Chronicles . It is worthy of remark , that the children of Penda , so notorious an opponent of Christianity , were all distin- guished for ...
... monarch . After the death of Peada , the name of Alfleda , his consort , dis- appears from the Chronicles . It is worthy of remark , that the children of Penda , so notorious an opponent of Christianity , were all distin- guished for ...
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... monarchs , who , consenting to become wives , did not comprehend the duties of the state into which they had entered , and adopted the habits of recluses in the midst of a court ; disappointing the hopes of the country , which looked to ...
... monarchs , who , consenting to become wives , did not comprehend the duties of the state into which they had entered , and adopted the habits of recluses in the midst of a court ; disappointing the hopes of the country , which looked to ...
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... monarch , built and endowed with secular canonries a stately church , as repository for these holy relics , which afterwards became the cathedral . The body of the saint fell to dust , soon after its trans- lation to West Chester . 1 ...
... monarch , built and endowed with secular canonries a stately church , as repository for these holy relics , which afterwards became the cathedral . The body of the saint fell to dust , soon after its trans- lation to West Chester . 1 ...
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