An advanced history of Great Britain from the earliest times to the death of Edward VII / by T.F. Tout.

  • Tout, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), 1855-1929.
Date:
1910
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Credit: An advanced history of Great Britain from the earliest times to the death of Edward VII / by T.F. Tout. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DATE PAGE 899-978. Chapter VI. The Successors of Alfred and the Beginnings of the English Monarchy 50-56 899-924. Edward the Elder, the first King of the English 50-51 The sons of Edward the Elder . . ' . 51-5 2 924-940. Athelstan ...... 51-52 937. Tho Battle of Brunanburh . . . . 52 940-946. Edmund the Magnificent .... 52 946-955. Reign of Edred ..... 52-53 955-975. The Reigns of Edwy and Edgar . . . 53-54 Archbishop Dunstan .... 53-56 975-978. Tho Reign of Edward the Martyr . . . 55-56 978-1042. Chapter VII. The Decline of the English Kingdom and the Danish Conquest . 57-61 978-1016. 1002. 1013. 1016. 1017-1G35. 1035-1042. Reign of Ethelred, the Unready Renewal of Danish Invasions The Massacre of St. Brice’s Day The Invasion of Swegen The Struggle of Cnut and Edmund Ironside Cnut, King of Denmark, Norway, and England The Great Earldoms Reigns of the Sons of Cnut . 57-59 57-58 r <* 59 59-60 60 61 1042-1066. Chapter VIII. The Reigns of Edward the Confessor and Harold . . 62-72 1042. Accession of Edward the Confessor . . 62 Normandy and the Normans ... 63 The House of Godwin .... 64-65 Harold, Earl of the West Saxons ... 65 1066. The Death of Edward tho Confessor . . 66 Harold made King ..... 66 Harold defeats Harold Hardrada ... 68 Landing of William of Normandy ... 69 Battle of Hastings ..... 69 449-1066. Chapter IX. English Lffe before the Norman Conquest .... 73-81 Agriculture and land tenure . . . 73 Thegns, Ceorls, and Theows ... 74 Towns ...... 74 Houses ...... 75 Food and Drink . . . . . 75 Architecture ...... 76 Laws ....... 76 The Shires ...... 77