Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... bishop of Chichester , and his nephew , the bishop of London , formed a powerful family group within the Church and administration . When the archbishop resigned the Chancellorship before Sluys he had been succeeded by his brother and ...
... bishop of Chichester , and his nephew , the bishop of London , formed a powerful family group within the Church and administration . When the archbishop resigned the Chancellorship before Sluys he had been succeeded by his brother and ...
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... bishop of Coventry , the Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas and several other judges , as well as a ... bishops to Flanders as a pledge for his debts . As it was , he laid charges against the primate of treason and ...
... bishop of Coventry , the Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas and several other judges , as well as a ... bishops to Flanders as a pledge for his debts . As it was , he laid charges against the primate of treason and ...
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... bishops and abbots were not only fathers in God but feudal magnates , leaders of the local community and royal advisers . A bishop was a great territorial magnate , enjoying the revenues of numerous manors and knights ' fees , who wore ...
... bishops and abbots were not only fathers in God but feudal magnates , leaders of the local community and royal advisers . A bishop was a great territorial magnate , enjoying the revenues of numerous manors and knights ' fees , who wore ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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