A History of England Under the Norman Kings: Or, From the Battle of Hastings to the Accession of the House of Plantagenet: to which is Prefixed an Epitome of the Early History of Normandy |
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... possession of Rouen 20 ... ... 21 ... 22 ... 24 25 Flight of the young count Richard Alliance between count Hugh and the Normans 26 946 King Otto the Great before Rouen 29 A. D. RICHARD I. Investiture and marriage of Richard Dissensions.
... possession of Rouen 20 ... ... 21 ... 22 ... 24 25 Flight of the young count Richard Alliance between count Hugh and the Normans 26 946 King Otto the Great before Rouen 29 A. D. RICHARD I. Investiture and marriage of Richard Dissensions.
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... possession of the abbey of St. Ouen , whose relics were conveyed to Condé , a small village in the neighbourhood of Paris ; other relics were carried into Lorraine . On the 16th May they evacuated Rouen , but on their return to the ...
... possession of the abbey of St. Ouen , whose relics were conveyed to Condé , a small village in the neighbourhood of Paris ; other relics were carried into Lorraine . On the 16th May they evacuated Rouen , but on their return to the ...
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... possession of Dorstadt . His nephew or cousin , Godefrid , also succeeded , in the year 850 , in ex- torting a portion of land from Charles the Bald 2 , the locality of which is unknown . Either he , or a successor of the same name at ...
... possession of Dorstadt . His nephew or cousin , Godefrid , also succeeded , in the year 850 , in ex- torting a portion of land from Charles the Bald 2 , the locality of which is unknown . Either he , or a successor of the same name at ...
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... possession , but which appears seldom so expressed . At first the ceded terri- tory was transferred to the Northmen in joint possession , as is confirmed by the language of a charter of king Charles the Simple . The king of France could ...
... possession , but which appears seldom so expressed . At first the ceded terri- tory was transferred to the Northmen in joint possession , as is confirmed by the language of a charter of king Charles the Simple . The king of France could ...
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... possession with greater liberty than other serfs , and in respect of military service were only immediately subject to the lord of the soil 2 . The uncertainty with regard to the first distribution of landed property under the Northmen ...
... possession with greater liberty than other serfs , and in respect of military service were only immediately subject to the lord of the soil 2 . The uncertainty with regard to the first distribution of landed property under the Northmen ...
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A. S. Kings abbey abbey of Bec abbot afterwards ancient Anglo-Saxon Anjou Anselm appears archbishop archbishop of Rouen army barons Bayeux bestowed bishop Brittany brother Canterbury castle caused charter Chron Chronicle church clergy Conqueror count count of Anjou count of Flanders court crown daughter death Domesday Dudo duke Robert Eadgar Eadmer earl earldom ecclesiastical enemy Engl England English Evreux father favour fief fitz Flanders Flor French Frodoard garrison Gemmet Geoffrey Gesta Henry Henry's Hist Hugh king's knights land Lanfranc Lewis lord Malm Malmesbury Maseres Matilda monks Neustria nobles Norman Normandy Northmen oath Ordericus Vitalis Pictav plundered pope possession prince probably quæ Ralf received reign relations Richard Roger Rolf Rouen royal Saxon siege Stephen surnamed tion vassals Vital Wace Welsh Wigorn William William fitz Osbern William of Jumièges William the Conqueror Winchester
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