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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... continued undaunted , and made no pro- posals of peace , came over into Britain , and part of the island submitted to him , within a few days after his arrival , without battle or bloodshed ; he then hastened back to Rome , which he ...
... continued undaunted , and made no pro- posals of peace , came over into Britain , and part of the island submitted to him , within a few days after his arrival , without battle or bloodshed ; he then hastened back to Rome , which he ...
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... continued as originally practised by the Ger- mans only , with such gradual alterations as in- creasing civilization produced . As to the several Saxon princes who composed the Heptarchy , they preserved carefully an union of counsels ...
... continued as originally practised by the Ger- mans only , with such gradual alterations as in- creasing civilization produced . As to the several Saxon princes who composed the Heptarchy , they preserved carefully an union of counsels ...
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... of recovering his kingdom , and thencefor- ward defended it with great valour and success during a long reign of thirty - one years . VOL . I. E WEST SAXONS , continued . KENTWIN , 672 . Cenwal Period 2.1 49 HEPTARCHY ,
... of recovering his kingdom , and thencefor- ward defended it with great valour and success during a long reign of thirty - one years . VOL . I. E WEST SAXONS , continued . KENTWIN , 672 . Cenwal Period 2.1 49 HEPTARCHY ,
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... continued . KENTWIN , 672 . Cenwal having left no children , was succeeded by his brother Kentwin . He overran Somersetshire and Cornwall , and died without issue , after a reign of thirteen years . CEODWALLA , 685 . Ceodwalla , a ...
... continued . KENTWIN , 672 . Cenwal having left no children , was succeeded by his brother Kentwin . He overran Somersetshire and Cornwall , and died without issue , after a reign of thirteen years . CEODWALLA , 685 . Ceodwalla , a ...
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... Mercia . When he arrived there , he was basely murdered , and Offa annexed his dominions to his own . He died after a reign of thirty - nine years E 2 MERCIA continued . EGFRID , 794- Egfrid , who succeeded Period 2. ] 51 HEPTARCHY .
... Mercia . When he arrived there , he was basely murdered , and Offa annexed his dominions to his own . He died after a reign of thirty - nine years E 2 MERCIA continued . EGFRID , 794- Egfrid , who succeeded Period 2. ] 51 HEPTARCHY .
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