Dictionary of National Biography, Volumen17Leslie Stephen Macmillan, 1889 |
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... court , though the East - Anglian party headed by Ethelwine certainly lost ground , and there is reason to believe that Elfhere the Mercian ealdorman had the chief hand in the management of affairs . The banishment of Oslac , whom ...
... court , though the East - Anglian party headed by Ethelwine certainly lost ground , and there is reason to believe that Elfhere the Mercian ealdorman had the chief hand in the management of affairs . The banishment of Oslac , whom ...
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... court of her brother , Richard the Good , and shortly afterwards Ethelred sent Eadward and his younger brother Ælfred [ q . v . ] to join her there under the care of Alfhun , bishop of London . On Swend's death , in February 1014 ...
... court of her brother , Richard the Good , and shortly afterwards Ethelred sent Eadward and his younger brother Ælfred [ q . v . ] to join her there under the care of Alfhun , bishop of London . On Swend's death , in February 1014 ...
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... court simply in the position of personal fa- vourites , but after a while the king promoted them to offices in the state , as well as in the church . The court was the scene of per- petual intrigues , and , slothful as he was , Ead ...
... court simply in the position of personal fa- vourites , but after a while the king promoted them to offices in the state , as well as in the church . The court was the scene of per- petual intrigues , and , slothful as he was , Ead ...
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... court . With the exception , however , of the Godwine , after making one ineffectual attempt king's nephew , Ralph , who was allowed to to effect a landing with ships that he gathered retain his earldom , and William , bishop of in ...
... court . With the exception , however , of the Godwine , after making one ineffectual attempt king's nephew , Ralph , who was allowed to to effect a landing with ships that he gathered retain his earldom , and William , bishop of in ...
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... court and the general maladministration of ment that befell the English crown to add to its difficulties . As long as the country preserved its native laws and system of go- vernment it was impossible to reduce it to anything more than ...
... court and the general maladministration of ment that befell the English crown to add to its difficulties . As long as the country preserved its native laws and system of go- vernment it was impossible to reduce it to anything more than ...
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The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900, Volumen17 Leslie Stephen,Sir Sidney Lee Sin vista previa disponible - 1921 |
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