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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... rendered himself master of Rouen . Many Normans fled across the sea , in search of other settlements or to procure aid from their ancient home1 . Hugh had in the mean time marched against Bayeux , which the king had granted to him ...
... rendered himself master of Rouen . Many Normans fled across the sea , in search of other settlements or to procure aid from their ancient home1 . Hugh had in the mean time marched against Bayeux , which the king had granted to him ...
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... rendered better service than tents radiant with gold . Not daring to hazard a battle , Lewis had recourse to negotiation . Harald's men had already crossed the Dive , when the two kings met in a tent raised on the river's bank . But the ...
... rendered better service than tents radiant with gold . Not daring to hazard a battle , Lewis had recourse to negotiation . Harald's men had already crossed the Dive , when the two kings met in a tent raised on the river's bank . But the ...
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... rendered the alliances of their prince of greater import- ance even the expeditions of individual Normans into Spain contributed not a little to the acquisition of glory and rich rewards by valiant men , who were dissatisfied with their ...
... rendered the alliances of their prince of greater import- ance even the expeditions of individual Normans into Spain contributed not a little to the acquisition of glory and rich rewards by valiant men , who were dissatisfied with their ...
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... rendered him , and of acquiring as much honour and influence as had ever been enjoyed by any of his fore- fathers . He aided the French monarch against the powerful Geoffrey II . , surnamed Martel , count of Anjou , with a nume- rous ...
... rendered him , and of acquiring as much honour and influence as had ever been enjoyed by any of his fore- fathers . He aided the French monarch against the powerful Geoffrey II . , surnamed Martel , count of Anjou , with a nume- rous ...
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... rendered memorable by the circumstance , that the monk who declared them inviolable was afterwards employed by William as his negotiator and mediator at the papal court ' , and became so attached to that prince's interests that , at ...
... rendered memorable by the circumstance , that the monk who declared them inviolable was afterwards employed by William as his negotiator and mediator at the papal court ' , and became so attached to that prince's interests that , at ...
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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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