A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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Page 64
... king of France . 507 Alaric , king of the Goths , is killed by Clovis , in the battle of Vouglé , near Poitiers . 511 Redaction of the Salic law by Clovis . 513 Constantinople besieged by Vitalianus , whose fleet is burned by a speculum ...
... king of France . 507 Alaric , king of the Goths , is killed by Clovis , in the battle of Vouglé , near Poitiers . 511 Redaction of the Salic law by Clovis . 513 Constantinople besieged by Vitalianus , whose fleet is burned by a speculum ...
Page 65
... kings of France Charles and Carloman , the two sons of Pepin , and gives him a final absolu- tion for the forfeiture of his allegiance towards his le- gitimate prince . Astolphus , king of the Lombards , frightened by the menaces of the ...
... kings of France Charles and Carloman , the two sons of Pepin , and gives him a final absolu- tion for the forfeiture of his allegiance towards his le- gitimate prince . Astolphus , king of the Lombards , frightened by the menaces of the ...
Page 95
... King from the Heptarchy . Ann . 978 to 1000 . The Danes , partly from the establishments which the death of Charlemagne and the weakness of his successors had enabled that piratical nation to ob- tain in the north of France , partly ...
... King from the Heptarchy . Ann . 978 to 1000 . The Danes , partly from the establishments which the death of Charlemagne and the weakness of his successors had enabled that piratical nation to ob- tain in the north of France , partly ...
Page 96
... king of France , and who found it difficult to defend the settlement , which , with so much advan- tage to themselves and so much glory to their na- tion , they had made in that country in 912 , under the reign of the French king ...
... king of France , and who found it difficult to defend the settlement , which , with so much advan- tage to themselves and so much glory to their na- tion , they had made in that country in 912 , under the reign of the French king ...
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... king of Germany . 912 The king of France , Charles le Simple , yielding to the representation of his subjects , makes peace with the Normans , and gives his daughter in marriage to their famous chieftain Rollon , with that part of ...
... king of Germany . 912 The king of France , Charles le Simple , yielding to the representation of his subjects , makes peace with the Normans , and gives his daughter in marriage to their famous chieftain Rollon , with that part of ...
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