This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...Wodansfeld see Stcenstr. o. c. iii. 13. These two sites are near together in S. Staffordshire. The modern name of the latter is Wcdncefield (pron. Wedgcficld). a.D. 911. Then follow the building and rebuilding of fortresses and strong towns, which belong especially to the years A.d. 912-921. The work was begun by ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...Wodansfeld see Stcenstr. o. c. iii. 13. These two sites are near together in S. Staffordshire. The modern name of the latter is Wcdncefield (pron. Wedgcficld). a.D. 911. Then follow the building and rebuilding of fortresses and strong towns, which belong especially to the years A.d. 912-921. The work was begun by iEthelfleed and continued by Eadweard. The activities of the former were confined chiefly to the counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire; those of Eadweard embraced Hertfordshire, Bucks, Essex, Bedfordshire, Huntingdon, Derby, Northampton, Lincoln, and even part of Lancashire. The work was often resisted, and sometimes long retarded, by the Danes, but, when completed, the building of any strong city generally led to the submission of those who lived in the neighbourhood. A fresh race of Northmen from Dublin kept alive the flame of resistance in the north, and Begnald, Sihtric, Godfred, a second Eegnald, and two Anlafs, all of the same royal house in Ireland, alternately received f and forfeited the countenance of the West Saxon kings, and gained and lost the Northumbrian crown. The most important event in the course of these attempts was the battle of Brunnanburg (a.d. 937). For this battle the Norsemen seem to have collected all their forces, and determined upon a greater effort than any previous one, and the decisive victory of the English under iEthelstan was of proportionate importance. This achievement was followed by the recovery of the Five Burgs, which shattered the power of the Danes south of the Humber. Finally, with the expulsion of Eric by Eadred in 954, the last Scandinavian kingdom in England came to an end, and Eadred's successors inherited the right to the title of kings of all England. KraGS Of Mercia. ...
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