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 - Great Britain |
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... clergy in Catholic countries bear to the laity . The Britons had also Druidesses , who assisted in the offices , and shared in the honours and emolu- ments of the priesthood . They were also divided into three classes ; those of the ...
... clergy in Catholic countries bear to the laity . The Britons had also Druidesses , who assisted in the offices , and shared in the honours and emolu- ments of the priesthood . They were also divided into three classes ; those of the ...
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... clergy , who were more intent on suppressing them than on op- posing the public enemy . These calamitous circum- stances determined the Britons to follow the coun- sels of Vortigern , one of their princes , who , though stained with ...
... clergy , who were more intent on suppressing them than on op- posing the public enemy . These calamitous circum- stances determined the Britons to follow the coun- sels of Vortigern , one of their princes , who , though stained with ...
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... clergy without mercy , and destroyed their places of worship whenever they fell into their hands . However , when Ethelbert , king of Kent , and the most illustrious of the successors of Hengist , married Bertha , the only daughter of ...
... clergy without mercy , and destroyed their places of worship whenever they fell into their hands . However , when Ethelbert , king of Kent , and the most illustrious of the successors of Hengist , married Bertha , the only daughter of ...
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... clergy and landholders of the county were obliged to be present . The chief magistrate in all the states established by the Anglo - Saxons was called the cyning , or king , a title of the most honourable import in their lan- guage , as ...
... clergy and landholders of the county were obliged to be present . The chief magistrate in all the states established by the Anglo - Saxons was called the cyning , or king , a title of the most honourable import in their lan- guage , as ...
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... clergy , after the introduc- tion of Christianity , was so great , that the Anglo- Saxon kings left to them for some ages the govern- ment of the church and the nomination to ecclesi- astical offices ; by degrees , however , they found ...
... clergy , after the introduc- tion of Christianity , was so great , that the Anglo- Saxon kings left to them for some ages the govern- ment of the church and the nomination to ecclesi- astical offices ; by degrees , however , they found ...
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