Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... young man , matured by misfortune , with a sharp nose , quizzical look and , under his scholarly appearance , a will of iron . Devout , learned and immensely shrewd , he was a brilliant judge of men ; it was he who raised the younger ...
... young man , matured by misfortune , with a sharp nose , quizzical look and , under his scholarly appearance , a will of iron . Devout , learned and immensely shrewd , he was a brilliant judge of men ; it was he who raised the younger ...
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... young Edward III in the highest traditions of hereditary kingshop . Joan was a creature of chivalry , the ' fair Maid of Kent ' of courtly legend for whom Arthurian knights had jousted in tournament in the days before Crécy , and her ...
... young Edward III in the highest traditions of hereditary kingshop . Joan was a creature of chivalry , the ' fair Maid of Kent ' of courtly legend for whom Arthurian knights had jousted in tournament in the days before Crécy , and her ...
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... young sovereign to obtain grants of royal land and other perquisites which , by whittling away the Crown's revenues , increased still further its demands on the tax- payer . In particular , such resentment fastened on Richard's young ...
... young sovereign to obtain grants of royal land and other perquisites which , by whittling away the Crown's revenues , increased still further its demands on the tax- payer . In particular , such resentment fastened on Richard's young ...
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