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 159
... took counsel , as the saying was , of the neighbourhood . - Thus for the supposed verdict of God through the elements was gradually substituted the conception - a curiously English one - of a verdict through the inspiration of a dozen ...
... took counsel , as the saying was , of the neighbourhood . - Thus for the supposed verdict of God through the elements was gradually substituted the conception - a curiously English one - of a verdict through the inspiration of a dozen ...
Page 178
... took the offensive against Llywelyn's supporters in Powysland and Cardiganshire , Edward was gathering not only the largest English army since the Conquest , but the best - equipped . Agents were sent to France to buy up the huge war ...
... took the offensive against Llywelyn's supporters in Powysland and Cardiganshire , Edward was gathering not only the largest English army since the Conquest , but the best - equipped . Agents were sent to France to buy up the huge war ...
Page 288
... took the offensive , but his discontented vassals and the French King . All round the eight - hundred - mile perimeter of Aquitaine , bands of fighting men poured in to help their compatriots , while the clergy everywhere took the lead ...
... took the offensive , but his discontented vassals and the French King . All round the eight - hundred - mile perimeter of Aquitaine , bands of fighting men poured in to help their compatriots , while the clergy everywhere took the lead ...
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