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... later , in France , from which they could make raids into the interior areas ; settlements by the Norsemen fol- lowed soon after . By 842 half of Ireland was subject to the Vikings , and 11 years later , Olaf the White was the overking ...
... later , in France , from which they could make raids into the interior areas ; settlements by the Norsemen fol- lowed soon after . By 842 half of Ireland was subject to the Vikings , and 11 years later , Olaf the White was the overking ...
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... later to the mainland . There black slavery prevailed and , with the development of sugar plantations , assumed colossal pro- portions beginning at the end of the 17th century . Thus a measure of mercy conceived for the protection of ...
... later to the mainland . There black slavery prevailed and , with the development of sugar plantations , assumed colossal pro- portions beginning at the end of the 17th century . Thus a measure of mercy conceived for the protection of ...
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... later texts . The Moravian variant must be reconstructed on the basis of some later texts ( such as the Kiev fragments of the beginning of the 11th century ) dating from after the break with the Great Moravian tradition . In some ...
... later texts . The Moravian variant must be reconstructed on the basis of some later texts ( such as the Kiev fragments of the beginning of the 11th century ) dating from after the break with the Great Moravian tradition . In some ...
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