Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 64
... never lost sight of his aims , never over - reached himself , and steadily increased his domains . When in his fortieth year he began to gather ships for the invasion of England , landless knights from every Frankish province flocked to ...
... never lost sight of his aims , never over - reached himself , and steadily increased his domains . When in his fortieth year he began to gather ships for the invasion of England , landless knights from every Frankish province flocked to ...
Page 119
... never to be completed . In the spring of 1172 , growing daily more anxious for news of England and the continent , he sailed from Wexford , never to return . A few days of his usual rapid travelling carried him from St David's to ...
... never to be completed . In the spring of 1172 , growing daily more anxious for news of England and the continent , he sailed from Wexford , never to return . A few days of his usual rapid travelling carried him from St David's to ...
Page 397
... never even had walls , but only palisades and ditches crossed by gated bridges . Being in little danger of attack , they were free from the military restrictions that cramped life for European burghers . They did not need governors and ...
... never even had walls , but only palisades and ditches crossed by gated bridges . Being in little danger of attack , they were free from the military restrictions that cramped life for European burghers . They did not need governors and ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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