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... England . Athelstan succeeded his father Edward in 924. He made terms with Raegnald's successor Sihtric and gave him his sister in marriage . When Sihtric died in 927 , Athelstan took possession of Northumbria , thus becoming the first ...
... England . Athelstan succeeded his father Edward in 924. He made terms with Raegnald's successor Sihtric and gave him his sister in marriage . When Sihtric died in 927 , Athelstan took possession of Northumbria , thus becoming the first ...
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... England was the emergence of an English nationality , largely because of the adoption of English as the language not only of everyday speech but also of documents and literature . An attempt as early as 1362 to legislate English into ...
... England was the emergence of an English nationality , largely because of the adoption of English as the language not only of everyday speech but also of documents and literature . An attempt as early as 1362 to legislate English into ...
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... England " series , 8 vol . , particularly valuable for social history ; The Political History of England , 12 vol . ( 1905- 10 ) , somewhat antiquated but informative ; and CHRISTOPHER BROOKE and D.M. SMITH ( eds . ) , A History of ...
... England " series , 8 vol . , particularly valuable for social history ; The Political History of England , 12 vol . ( 1905- 10 ) , somewhat antiquated but informative ; and CHRISTOPHER BROOKE and D.M. SMITH ( eds . ) , A History of ...
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