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... lived , neither sought nor loved anything of this world . Whatsoever gifts of money he received from the rich , he either gave them to the poor , or used them in ran- soming such as had wrongfully been sold as slaves . All who were with ...
... lived , neither sought nor loved anything of this world . Whatsoever gifts of money he received from the rich , he either gave them to the poor , or used them in ran- soming such as had wrongfully been sold as slaves . All who were with ...
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... lived by war , it proclaimed the sacredness of human life . To a people who regarded all the members of a family as involved in the crime of one , it proclaimed individual responsibility . To a people who looked upon work as the portion ...
... lived by war , it proclaimed the sacredness of human life . To a people who regarded all the members of a family as involved in the crime of one , it proclaimed individual responsibility . To a people who looked upon work as the portion ...
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... his people , he sent to England for the learned Alcuin , who came and lived with him , though he often lamented that he had not as good a library in Gaul as D he had left behind him at York . It was CH , III . 33 Conversion of Germany .
... his people , he sent to England for the learned Alcuin , who came and lived with him , though he often lamented that he had not as good a library in Gaul as D he had left behind him at York . It was CH , III . 33 Conversion of Germany .
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... lived from his youth up among wars and rumours of wars ; when he was eleven years old the Danes sacked Winchester , the royal city of Wessex , and when he was sixteen they ravaged Kent . His father , Ethelwulf , and his brothers who ...
... lived from his youth up among wars and rumours of wars ; when he was eleven years old the Danes sacked Winchester , the royal city of Wessex , and when he was sixteen they ravaged Kent . His father , Ethelwulf , and his brothers who ...
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... lived in Christian times , since the book contains nothing more than the best wisdom of the ancient poets and philosophers , those wise men in Greece and in Rome who had taught how far nobler the soul of man was than the body , and how ...
... lived in Christian times , since the book contains nothing more than the best wisdom of the ancient poets and philosophers , those wise men in Greece and in Rome who had taught how far nobler the soul of man was than the body , and how ...
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Alfred Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anselm Archbishop army barons battle became Becket bishops Britain brother brought called Canterbury castle Christianity chronicler Church civilisation clanhood clergy Cnut common Conqueror court Crown 8vo crusade Danes Danish ealdorman earl Earl of Mercia earl of Northumbria earldom East Anglia Edition Edward England English king Ethelred Europe evil faith feudalism fighting Folkland France freemen fyrd gave Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada heathen held Henry holy influence Ireland justice Keltic king of Scots king's kingdom land learned lived London lord Maps Mercia monasteries monks Morkar nobles Norman conquest Normandy North Northumbria oath Old-English organisation peace Plates Pope priests R. A. PROCTOR reign Roman Rome royal says Scotland ships shire slain slaves Teutonic thanes things thought tion took Tostig Translated twelfth century vols Wales Welsh Wessex William Wise Men's Meeting Woodcuts
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