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 111
... rising to his full height and bearing his cross , he swept into the darkening hall and towards the door , while knights and royal servants , rising from the straw - strewn floor and benches where they had dined , shouted , " Traitor ...
... rising to his full height and bearing his cross , he swept into the darkening hall and towards the door , while knights and royal servants , rising from the straw - strewn floor and benches where they had dined , shouted , " Traitor ...
Page 185
... rising of 1382 such a passionate affair . It made it , too , a cruel one . The Welsh tribesmen did not spare the English in their path . And in those early weeks of the rising they travelled far . Ruthin castle was captured , the earl ...
... rising of 1382 such a passionate affair . It made it , too , a cruel one . The Welsh tribesmen did not spare the English in their path . And in those early weeks of the rising they travelled far . Ruthin castle was captured , the earl ...
Page 186
... rising waters . It seemed as though Gwynedd had been saved . Llywelyn was jubilant and , leaving his brother in command in the north , set off on a punitive raid against England's Welsh allies in the Marches . But Edward was never more ...
... rising waters . It seemed as though Gwynedd had been saved . Llywelyn was jubilant and , leaving his brother in command in the north , set off on a punitive raid against England's Welsh allies in the Marches . But Edward was never more ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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