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Abbey abbot afterwards Agricola Alfred Alfred's Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury archers arms army Athelstan barons battle became bishops body brave Bretwalda Britain Britons brother burned Calais Canterbury Canute castle Christian church clergy conquered conquest Count of Armagnac crown Crusaders Danes Danish Duke of Burgundy Duke of York Earl enemy England English favourite feet fell fighting fleet force France French gave ground hands head Holy honour horse Ireland island Jerusalem Joan John JULIUS CÆSAR killed King Edward King Henry king's kingdom knights land Leicester Lollards London Lord marched Mercia monastery monks nobles Norman Normandy Northumbria parliament peace Philip Plegmund pope priests Prince of Wales prisoner reign returned Richard rode Roman royal sailed Saxon Scotland Scots sent side siege slain slaughter soon surrendered sword Thomas à Becket took Tower town victory Warwick Welsh Wessex William Wyckliffe
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Page 211 - What, me, my Lord ? quoth he. Yea thee, traitor, quoth the protector. And another let fly at the Lord Stanley which shrunk at the stroke and fell under the table, or else his head had been cleft to the teeth : for as shortly as he shrank, yet ran the blood about his ears. Then...
Page 153 - Christ delivered his gospel to the clergy and doctors of the church, that they might administer to the laity and to weaker persons, according to the state of the times and the wants of men.
Page 77 - A bloody sacrifice was offered by his mistaken votaries to the God of the Christians ; resistance might provoke, but neither age nor sex could mollify their implacable rage : they indulged themselves three days in a promiscuous massacre, and the infection of the dead bodies produced an epidemical disease.
Page 70 - Lanfranc and Anselm from Lombardy to Bee, and from Bee to Canterbury, Art, under his auspices, produced alike the stern grandeur of Caen and Ely and the brilliant gorgeousness of Palermo and Monreale. In a word, the indomitable vigour of the Scandinavian, joined to the buoyant vivacity of the Gaul, produced the conquering and ruling race of Europe.
Page 76 - Their siege was more reasonably directed against the northern and western sides of the city. Godfrey of Bouillon erected his standard on the first swell of Mount Calvary ; to the left, as far as St. Stephen's gate, the line of attack was continued by Tancred and the two Roberts; and Count Raymond established his quarters from the citadel to the foot of Mount Sion, which was no longer included within the precincts of the city.
Page 140 - Lo was much drapery, and many wealthy inhabitants ; among them you might count eight or nine score that were engaged in commerce. When the King of England was come near to the town, he encamped ; he would not lodge in it for fear of fire. He sent, therefore, his advanced guard forward, who soon conquered it, at a trifling loss, and completely plundered it. No one can imagine the quantity of riches they found in it, nor the number of bales of cloth.
Page 76 - Franks ; but the stony soil of Jerusalem is almost destitute of water ; the scanty springs and hasty torrents were dry in the summer season ; nor was the thirst of the besiegers relieved, as in the city, by the artificial supply of cisterns and aqueducts.
Page 143 - When the Genoese were somewhat in order, and approached the English, they set up a loud shout, in order to frighten them; but they remained quite still, and did not seem to attend to it.
Page 161 - The evil-disposed in these districts began to rise, saying, they were too severely oppressed; that at the beginning of the world there were no slaves, and that no one ought to be treated as such, unless he had committed treason against his lord, as Lucifer had done against God; but they had done no such thing, for they were neither angels nor spirits, but men formed after the same likeness with their lords, who treated them as beasts.
Page 68 - ... romance. They renounced that brutal intemperance to which all the other branches of the great German family were too much inclined.