The History of England: The history of the Anglo-Saxons from the earliest period to the Norman conquest ... In three volumesLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839 |
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... signed with the cross , because they were unable to write * ; and hence so many of Alfred's earls , gerefas , and thegns , who had been illiterate all their lives , were compelled by his wise severity to learn in their mature age , that ...
... signed with the cross , because they were unable to write * ; and hence so many of Alfred's earls , gerefas , and thegns , who had been illiterate all their lives , were compelled by his wise severity to learn in their mature age , that ...
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... signed by several milites . In this , one of Edred's after four duces has twelve names with the addition of miles to each , p . 21 . Another in 946 , after the prelates and duces , has also twelve milites , p . 22. The next by Ethelred ...
... signed by several milites . In this , one of Edred's after four duces has twelve names with the addition of miles to each , p . 21 . Another in 946 , after the prelates and duces , has also twelve milites , p . 22. The next by Ethelred ...
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... signed by her . From them we learn that she often sat in the witena - gemot , even after she became queen - dowager . She had her separate property ; for , in a gift of land by Ethelswitha , the queen of 3 VIII . BOOK Alfred , she gives ...
... signed by her . From them we learn that she often sat in the witena - gemot , even after she became queen - dowager . She had her separate property ; for , in a gift of land by Ethelswitha , the queen of 3 VIII . BOOK Alfred , she gives ...
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... signed . It is as manifest , that others besides these higher nobles also attended it ; and that these were thegns or ministri , milites , and several who are mentioned in the charters without any designation of legal rank . Thus far ...
... signed . It is as manifest , that others besides these higher nobles also attended it ; and that these were thegns or ministri , milites , and several who are mentioned in the charters without any designation of legal rank . Thus far ...
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... signed by knights or milites , that either milites had a right as such to be a part of the council , or they were sent there as the representatives of their counties . The first supposition is supported by no law or practice , and is ...
... signed by knights or milites , that either milites had a right as such to be a part of the council , or they were sent there as the representatives of their counties . The first supposition is supported by no law or practice , and is ...
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