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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... usurper Magnentius , who was at last vanquished . 353 Constantius gives the purple and the title of Cæsar to his cousins Gallus and Julian ; the latter acquired , by the death of Constantius , in the year 361 , the undis- turbed ...
... usurper Magnentius , who was at last vanquished . 353 Constantius gives the purple and the title of Cæsar to his cousins Gallus and Julian ; the latter acquired , by the death of Constantius , in the year 361 , the undis- turbed ...
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... usurpation of that kingdom . Soon after this act of perfidy and cruelty , Offa , desirous of re - esta- blishing his character in the world , and perhaps of appeasing the remorses of his own conscience , gave ' the tenth of his goods to ...
... usurpation of that kingdom . Soon after this act of perfidy and cruelty , Offa , desirous of re - esta- blishing his character in the world , and perhaps of appeasing the remorses of his own conscience , gave ' the tenth of his goods to ...
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... usurped the crown of Mercia , but was dethroned before the end of the year by a general insurrection headed by Offa , a brave young prince , who was raised to the throne by universal consent . He reduced the kingdom of Kent under his ...
... usurped the crown of Mercia , but was dethroned before the end of the year by a general insurrection headed by Offa , a brave young prince , who was raised to the throne by universal consent . He reduced the kingdom of Kent under his ...
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... usurped the whole kingdom . OSWALD , 635 . Oswald , the second son of Ethelfrid , at the head of a small army of brave and resolute men , assaulted , defeated , and slew the usurper , and took pos- session of the whole kingdom , which ...
... usurped the whole kingdom . OSWALD , 635 . Oswald , the second son of Ethelfrid , at the head of a small army of brave and resolute men , assaulted , defeated , and slew the usurper , and took pos- session of the whole kingdom , which ...
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... usurper was driven out , in the fifth year of his reign , by Elfwold , the brother of Alchred . ELFWOLD , 779 . The virtues of this prince could not preserve him from the fate of his predecessors ; he was barbarously murdered in 788 by ...
... usurper was driven out , in the fifth year of his reign , by Elfwold , the brother of Alchred . ELFWOLD , 779 . The virtues of this prince could not preserve him from the fate of his predecessors ; he was barbarously murdered in 788 by ...
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