A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 |
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... John in 97 . 63 The Acts of the Apostles are written . 64 Rome set on fire , and burned for six days under Nero , upon which began the first persecution against the Chris- tians , a name given at Antioch , in the year 40 , to the ...
... John in 97 . 63 The Acts of the Apostles are written . 64 Rome set on fire , and burned for six days under Nero , upon which began the first persecution against the Chris- tians , a name given at Antioch , in the year 40 , to the ...
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... John XXII . 497 The Armoricans break the Roman yoke , and submit to Clovis , king of France . 507 Alaric , king of the Goths , is killed by Clovis , in the battle of Vouglé , near Poitiers . 511 Redaction of the Salic law by Clovis ...
... John XXII . 497 The Armoricans break the Roman yoke , and submit to Clovis , king of France . 507 Alaric , king of the Goths , is killed by Clovis , in the battle of Vouglé , near Poitiers . 511 Redaction of the Salic law by Clovis ...
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... John II . 535 Mauricius Agapet I. 536 Phocas St. Silverus 540 Herodius Vigil 555 Constans Pelagius I. 559 Constantine 641 Childeric III . 668 Pepin Carloman 768 new Dynasty . John III . 771 Pelagius 737 572 Benedict I , Pelagius II . St ...
... John II . 535 Mauricius Agapet I. 536 Phocas St. Silverus 540 Herodius Vigil 555 Constans Pelagius I. 559 Constantine 641 Childeric III . 668 Pepin Carloman 768 new Dynasty . John III . 771 Pelagius 737 572 Benedict I , Pelagius II . St ...
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... John the Baptist , he obliged eight of his tributary princes to row him in a barge upon the Dee . This extra- ordinary show of power , as childish as insolent , may be accounted for by the age of Edgar , who 90 [ Period 3 . EDGAR .
... John the Baptist , he obliged eight of his tributary princes to row him in a barge upon the Dee . This extra- ordinary show of power , as childish as insolent , may be accounted for by the age of Edgar , who 90 [ Period 3 . EDGAR .
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... John XII . accused of sacrilege , and many other enormities , is summoned to appear and answer to the accusations . On his re- fusing to obey the summons , he is deposed , and Leo VIII . elected by the council , conjointly with the em ...
... John XII . accused of sacrilege , and many other enormities , is summoned to appear and answer to the accusations . On his re- fusing to obey the summons , he is deposed , and Leo VIII . elected by the council , conjointly with the em ...
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Seite 32 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire, breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen ; and the victorious element continuing in this manner, obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Seite 351 - England was deprived at once of both these princes, its chief ornament and support: he expired in the sixty-fifth year of his age and the fifty-first of his reign; and the people were then sensible, though too late, of the irreparable loss which they had sustained.
Seite 491 - England, by people dwelling and resident in the same counties, whereof every one of them shall have free land or tenement to the value of forty shillings by the year at the least above all charges...
Seite 238 - Oxford, the place where the court then resided ; and they there received a message from the king, by the archbishop of Canterbury and the earl of Pembroke, desiring to know what those liberties were which they so zealously challenged from their sovereign. They delivered to these messengers a schedule, containing the chief articles of their demands ; which was no sooner shown to the king, than he burst into a furious passion, and asked why the barons did not also demand of him his kingdom ; swearing...
Seite 99 - ... exercises of piety which the monks represented as the most meritorious. He built churches, he endowed monasteries, he enriched the ecclesiastics, and he bestowed revenues for the support of chantries at Assington and other places ; where he appointed prayers to be said for the souls of those who had there fallen in battle against him. He even undertook a pilgrimage to Rome, where he resided a considerable time : besides obtaining from the pope some privileges for the English school erected .there,...
Seite 257 - So help me God I will keep all these articles inviolate, as I am a man, as I am a Christian, as I am a knight, and as I am a king crowned and anointed.
Seite 427 - This admirable heroine, to whom the more generous superstition of the ancients would have erected altars, was, on pretence of heresy and magic, delivered over alive to the flames, and expiated, by that dreadful punishment, the signal services which she had rendered to her prince and to her native country.
Seite 411 - ... that France and England should for ever be united under one king, but should still retain their several usages, customs, and privileges...
Seite 246 - John's death, was mareschal of England, was, by his office, at the head of the armies, and consequently, during a state of civil wars and convulsions, at the head of the 'government; and it happened, fortunately for the young monarch and for the nation, that the power could not have been intrusted into more able and more faithful hands. This...
Seite 396 - Northumberland, having recovered from his sickness, had levied a fresh army, and was on his march to join his son ; but being opposed by the Earl of Westmoreland, and hearing of the defeat at Shrewsbury, he dismissed his forces, and came with a small retinue to the king at York \ He pretended that his sole intention in arming was to mediate between the parties.