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... abbot of Ferrières applies to it for the loan of some rare books . Well could Alfred say in about 890 : ' I re- membered how I saw , before everything was ravaged and burnt , that the churches throughout all England were filled with ...
... abbot of Ferrières applies to it for the loan of some rare books . Well could Alfred say in about 890 : ' I re- membered how I saw , before everything was ravaged and burnt , that the churches throughout all England were filled with ...
Page 194
... abbot of Jarrow , the life of St Gregory by an anonymous monk of Whitby , and Eddius's interesting life of St Wilfrid . These were all known and used by Bede , who also had access to a lost life of St Æthelburh of Barking , the nunnery ...
... abbot of Jarrow , the life of St Gregory by an anonymous monk of Whitby , and Eddius's interesting life of St Wilfrid . These were all known and used by Bede , who also had access to a lost life of St Æthelburh of Barking , the nunnery ...
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... Abbot Cuthberht from the cold ; this must have been considered too good for such a use , for the abbot gave it to clothe the altar in the church of St Paul . Alcuin also sent home to Northumbria silk robes , and Charles the Great sent ...
... Abbot Cuthberht from the cold ; this must have been considered too good for such a use , for the abbot gave it to clothe the altar in the church of St Paul . Alcuin also sent home to Northumbria silk robes , and Charles the Great sent ...
Contents
PREFACE | 7 |
THE BONDS OF SOCIETY | 29 |
THE KING AND HIS COURT | 48 |
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