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Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8): From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses

Name: Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8): From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
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Great Britain -- History

Ceawlin and his Successors--Cedwalla--Ina--Subjection to
     Mercia--Accession of Egbert--He subdues his Rivals--His Wars with
     the Welsh and Danes--Land-owning System--Local Assemblies--The
     Hundred Moot--The Shire Moot and its Business--Methods of Trial
     and Punishments--The Wergild--The Witena-gemot--Its Powers--The
     King--Class Distinctions--The Church                             31


     CHAPTER V.

     THE DANISH INVASIONS AND THE REIGN OF ALFRED.

     Character of the Invaders--Reign of Ethelwulf--Reigns of
     Ethelbald and Ethelbert--The Conquest of East Anglia--Battles
     near Reading--The Accession of Alfred--The Extinction of the
     Kingdom of Mercia--The Invasion of Wessex--The Year 878--Alfred
     at Athelney--Death of Hubba--Victory of Alfred and the Treaty
     of Wedmore--Renewal of the War--Alfred's fleet--Expeditions of
     Hastings--Remainder of the Reign--Character of Alfred--His Rules
     of Life--His Legislation--Encouragement of Learning              38


     CHAPTER VI.

     EDWARD THE ELDER AND DUNSTAN.

     Settlement of the Danes--Edward the Elder and his
     Cousin--Reconquest of the Danelagh--Edward becomes King of
     all England--Conspiracy of Alfred against Athelstan--Wars in
     Northumbria--The Death of Edwin--The Battle of Brunanburgh--The
     Power of Athelstan--Edmund's Wars with the Danes--Their
     Submission to Edmund--Rebellion and Reconquest--The Conquest of
     Cumberland--Death of Edmund--Final Conquest of Northumberland--The
     Rise of Dunstan--His Banishment--Edgar's Rebellion--His Accession
     to the Throne--Wars with the Welsh--Dunstan Archbishop of
     Canterbury--His Ecclesiastical Policy--The Reign of Edward the
     Martyr--Dunstan's Struggles with the Opposition--Death of the King
                                                                      46


     CHAPTER VII.

     ETHELRED THE UNREADY.

     The Retirement of Dunstan--Character of Ethelred--Sweyn in
     Denmark--Character of the Invasions and the Resistance--The
     Danegeld--The Arrival of Sweyn--Ethelred's Expedition--The
     Massacre of St. Brice's Day--Return of Sweyn--Defeats of the
     English--Edric Streona--Failure of the English Fleet--Treacheries
     of Edric--Death of St. Alphege--Sweyn's Conquest of
     England and his Death--Return of Ethelred and Departure of
     Canute--Misgovernment of the King--Canute's Return and the Death
     of Ethelred                                                      57


     CHAPTER VIII.

     EDMUND IRONSIDE AND CANUTE.

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