A History of England: From the First Invasion by the Romans, Volume 1A. and W. Galignani and Company, 1840 - Great Britain |
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... PRINCE HENRY ASSERTS THE CLAIM OF HIS MOTHER-- COMPROMISE BETWEEN HIM AND THE KING - DEATH OF STEPHEN - DISTRESS ... prince Henry , 361 . Empress besieged in Oxford , ib . She escapes , ib . War languishes , 362 . Matilda leaves England ...
... PRINCE HENRY ASSERTS THE CLAIM OF HIS MOTHER-- COMPROMISE BETWEEN HIM AND THE KING - DEATH OF STEPHEN - DISTRESS ... prince Henry , 361 . Empress besieged in Oxford , ib . She escapes , ib . War languishes , 362 . Matilda leaves England ...
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... Prince John made governor and lord of Ireland , 415. Henry is recon- ciled to the pope , 417. The king's sons , 419. They retire from the court with their mother , ib . Eleanor is re- taken , 420. The princes refuse to return , ib ...
... Prince John made governor and lord of Ireland , 415. Henry is recon- ciled to the pope , 417. The king's sons , 419. They retire from the court with their mother , ib . Eleanor is re- taken , 420. The princes refuse to return , ib ...
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... prince left his crown to his widow , who both exercised the more peaceful duties of royalty , and with arms in her hands conducted her subjects to the field of battle ( 1 ) . But in the absence of any fixed notions of succession , it is ...
... prince left his crown to his widow , who both exercised the more peaceful duties of royalty , and with arms in her hands conducted her subjects to the field of battle ( 1 ) . But in the absence of any fixed notions of succession , it is ...
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... prince . From the swords of the former he escaped with diffi- culty ; Commodus recalled him from his command , and reluctantly abstained from depriving him of life ( 1 ) . But the British legions soon made a trial of the resolution , or ...
... prince . From the swords of the former he escaped with diffi- culty ; Commodus recalled him from his command , and reluctantly abstained from depriving him of life ( 1 ) . But the British legions soon made a trial of the resolution , or ...
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... prince , if we may believe our national historians . When he was raised to the dignity of Cæsar , he was compelled to repudiate Helena for Theodora , the daughter - in - law of Maximian ; but Helena had already borne him a son in ...
... prince , if we may believe our national historians . When he was raised to the dignity of Cæsar , he was compelled to repudiate Helena for Theodora , the daughter - in - law of Maximian ; but Helena had already borne him a son in ...
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Page 400 - the cowards who eat my bread, is there not one who " will free me from this turbulent priest...
Page 287 - who bade the most. Nor did he reck how sinfully his reeves got " money of poor men, or how many unlawful things they did. For ' ' the more men talked of right law, the more they did against the
Page 286 - Gloucester. And then were with him all the rich men over all England ; archbishops and diocesan bishops, abbots and earls, thanes and knights.
Page 286 - good for aught, might travel over the kingdom with his bosom " full of gold without molestation : and no man durst slay another " man, though he had suffered never so mickle evil from the other.
Page 1 - Caesar, in the short space of three years, had conducted his victorious legions from the foot of the Alps to the mouth of the Rhine. From the coast of the Morini he could descry the white cliffs of the neighbouring island : and the conqueror of Gaul aspired to the glory of adding Britain to the dominions of Rome. The inability or refusal of the Gallic mariners to acquaint him with the number of the inhabitants, their manner of warfare, and their political institutions; and the prudence or timidity...
Page 227 - The principal members seem to have been the spiritual and temporal thanes, who held immediately of the crown, and who could command the services of military vassals. It was necessary that the King should obtain the assent of these to all legislative enactments ; because without their acquiescence and support it was impossible to carry them into execution. To many charters we have the signatures of the witan. They seldom exceed thirty in number ; they never amount to sixty.
Page 387 - Concerning appeals, if any shall arise, they ought to proceed from the archdeacon to the bishop, and from the bishop to the archbishop : and, if the archbishop...
Page 401 - The archbishop, feeling the blood trickle down his face, joined his hands and bowed his head, saying, ' In the name of Christ, and for the defence of his Church, I am ready to die.
Page 211 - Thus ended this memorable and fatal battle. On the side of the victors almost sixty thousand men had been engaged, and more than one-fourth were left on the field. The number of the vanquished, and the amount of their loss, are unknown. By the vanity of the Norman historians the English army has been exaggerated beyond the limits of credibility : by that of the native writers it has been reduced to a handful of resolute warriors t : but both agree that with Harold and his brothers perished all the...
Page 212 - Saxon king to be buried on the beach, adding, with a sneer, ' He guarded the coast while he lived, let him continue to guard it now he is dead.