The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 275
... Canute , who inherited his father's resolution , their affairs were thrown into some disorder by this accident . The English were encouraged by it . Ethelred was recalled , and the Danes retired out of the kingdom ; but it was only to ...
... Canute , who inherited his father's resolution , their affairs were thrown into some disorder by this accident . The English were encouraged by it . Ethelred was recalled , and the Danes retired out of the kingdom ; but it was only to ...
Page 276
... Canute followed at his heels . And now the two armies were drawn up which were to decide the fate of England , when it was proposed to determine the war by a single combat between the two kings . Neither was unwilling ; the Isle of ...
... Canute followed at his heels . And now the two armies were drawn up which were to decide the fate of England , when it was proposed to determine the war by a single combat between the two kings . Neither was unwilling ; the Isle of ...
Page 336
... Canute the Great , were still very numerous in that kingdom , and in general not well liked by nor well affected to the ǝld Anglo - Saxon inhabitants . William wisely took advantage of this enmity between the two sorts of in- habitants ...
... Canute the Great , were still very numerous in that kingdom , and in general not well liked by nor well affected to the ǝld Anglo - Saxon inhabitants . William wisely took advantage of this enmity between the two sorts of in- habitants ...
Page 402
... Canute ; † but in the code of Henry I. it is twice distinctly affirmed . This immunity from the secular jurisdiction , whilst it seemed to encourage acts of violence in the clergy towards others , encour- aged also the violence of ...
... Canute ; † but in the code of Henry I. it is twice distinctly affirmed . This immunity from the secular jurisdiction , whilst it seemed to encourage acts of violence in the clergy towards others , encour- aged also the violence of ...
Page 462
... Canute the Great composed a body of those laws , which still remains . But under the Norman kings they were enforced with greater rigor , as the whole tenor of the Norman government was more rigorous . Besides , new forests were ...
... Canute the Great composed a body of those laws , which still remains . But under the Norman kings they were enforced with greater rigor , as the whole tenor of the Norman government was more rigorous . Besides , new forests were ...
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