The History of the Anglo-Saxons, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 - 499 pages |
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afterwards Alfred Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxons Annals Armorica army Arthur Asser Athelstan attacked authority bards battle Bede Bernicia BOOK Bretagne Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called Canute Cassiterides Cealwin century Cerdic CHAP Chron Cimbri Cleop coast conflict conquest crown Cymry Danes Danish death defeated Deira destroyed Dunstan East Anglia Edmund Edwin Egbert Elbe enemies England English Ethelbald Ethelred Ethelwerd Europe fled Flor Francs friends Gaul German Gibbon Gildas Gothic Harold Hengist Hist honour Ingulf invaders invasion island Jeffry Kent Kimmerians king kingdom land Llywarch Llywarch Hen Mailros Malmsb Malmsbury Matt mentions Mercia monastery monks nation Nennius Northmen Northumbria ocean Offa Oswy Penda perished Picts plunder prince province Ragnar reign Roman Rome Saga Saxo Saxon Chronicle says Scythians ships Snorre sovereign Stilicho Strabo success sword Tacitus Taliesin throne tion tribes Urien victory Wales warriors Welsh Wessex West