Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... became part of a Norman - French empire spanning the Channel . Her military forces were now far more formidable than they had been even in the days of Athelstan . In open country the Nor- man knights on their war - horses were the ...
... became part of a Norman - French empire spanning the Channel . Her military forces were now far more formidable than they had been even in the days of Athelstan . In open country the Nor- man knights on their war - horses were the ...
Page 115
... became the most famous place of pilgrimage in England . For a time the cult of St Thomas almost rivalled that of the Virgin Mary . Churches were dedicated to him and memorials erected in lands as remote as Scandinavia and Iceland . In ...
... became the most famous place of pilgrimage in England . For a time the cult of St Thomas almost rivalled that of the Virgin Mary . Churches were dedicated to him and memorials erected in lands as remote as Scandinavia and Iceland . In ...
Page 157
... became in the next century , justices of the peace . In the reign of Edward's grandson , Edward III , these were to be given power to try felonies and misdemeanours and , in their courts of quarter sessions , to take over much of the ...
... became in the next century , justices of the peace . In the reign of Edward's grandson , Edward III , these were to be given power to try felonies and misdemeanours and , in their courts of quarter sessions , to take over much of the ...
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Silent Vanished Races I | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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