Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 70
Page 185
... force Llywelyn to abandon his conquests in central and south- western Wales in order to save his principality . Once again sea - power proved decisive . With forty ships from London and the Cinque Ports , Edward was able to turn the ...
... force Llywelyn to abandon his conquests in central and south- western Wales in order to save his principality . Once again sea - power proved decisive . With forty ships from London and the Cinque Ports , Edward was able to turn the ...
Page 235
... force and died of his wounds . By this time Edward himself was in Brittany . Having waited for several weeks at Sandwich for the return of Northampton's trans- ports , which were held up by adverse winds , he had marched his troops to ...
... force and died of his wounds . By this time Edward himself was in Brittany . Having waited for several weeks at Sandwich for the return of Northampton's trans- ports , which were held up by adverse winds , he had marched his troops to ...
Page 243
... force between the English and their Flemish allies who , two hundred miles to the north , were just setting out from Ypres . As soon as news had reached him of Edward's landing King Philip had raised the oriflamme at St Denis and ...
... force between the English and their Flemish allies who , two hundred miles to the north , were just setting out from Ypres . As soon as news had reached him of Edward's landing King Philip had raised the oriflamme at St Denis and ...
Contents
Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abbey Archbishop archers armour arms army barons battle became bishop Black Death Black Prince Britain Brittany Bruce called Canterbury Cantrefs castle cathedral Celtic century chivalry Christ Christendom Christian Church civil common Council courts Crécy crossed Crown death Duke earl ecclesiastical Edward Edward III England English Europe feudal fighting force forests France French fyrd Gascony Gloucester heir Henry Henry II Holy horses hundred John John of Gaunt judges justice King's kingdom knights labour Lancaster land later living Llywelyn London lords Magna Carta magnates manor manorial medieval men-at-arms merchants miles monasteries monks Norman Norsemen northern officers parish Parliament peace peasants priest Prince realm reign Richard Roman royal rule rulers Saxon schiltrons Scotland Scots Scottish sheriffs shire thousand throne Tower towns victory village villein Wales wealth Welsh Welsh law Wessex western Westminster wool writs