A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, from the Foundation of Its Saxon Monastery, with Notices Respecting the Ancient Deanery of Its ValeG. May, 1845 - 497 páginas |
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... England till introduced by Odo , the Anglo - saxon primate , early in the tenth century , and urged forward by Dunstan " the man who set England in flames . " But that the document is , nevertheless , an early production , we have every ...
... England till introduced by Odo , the Anglo - saxon primate , early in the tenth century , and urged forward by Dunstan " the man who set England in flames . " But that the document is , nevertheless , an early production , we have every ...
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... England , together with the sovereigns and their nobles , to declare before them that Ecgwin had authority from the apos- tolic see for founding there a monastery of Benedictines . The date of this letter , as given by Dr. Nash , is 709 ...
... England , together with the sovereigns and their nobles , to declare before them that Ecgwin had authority from the apos- tolic see for founding there a monastery of Benedictines . The date of this letter , as given by Dr. Nash , is 709 ...
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... England under the devastating inroad of the Danes , the general ignorance that prevailed throughout Europe during the tenth century , the devastation of our monasteries , and the dis- persion of their inmates . Of that which is further ...
... England under the devastating inroad of the Danes , the general ignorance that prevailed throughout Europe during the tenth century , the devastation of our monasteries , and the dis- persion of their inmates . Of that which is further ...
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... England before this time . 18 After the de- vastation , two powerful chieftains , Athelm and Ulric by name , instigated by a bishop named Osulf , are said to have obtained a grant of the monastery from Edmund son of Edward the Elder ...
... England before this time . 18 After the de- vastation , two powerful chieftains , Athelm and Ulric by name , instigated by a bishop named Osulf , are said to have obtained a grant of the monastery from Edmund son of Edward the Elder ...
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... England were in the possession of the clergy ; exempted at the same time from all taxes , and for the most part even from military aids.29 In addition to these vast possessions , the monks by their char- ters and in their registers ...
... England were in the possession of the clergy ; exempted at the same time from all taxes , and for the most part even from military aids.29 In addition to these vast possessions , the monks by their char- ters and in their registers ...
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