The history of England, from the earliest times to the Norman ConquestHodgkin, Thomas
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The history of England, from the earliest times to the Norman Conquest
Hodgkin, Thomas
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066
Wilfrid, Bishop of York: his journey to
Gaul 193
Ceadda appointed in Wilfrid’s absence 195
Theodore of Tarsus chosen for see of Canterbury 195
669. Theodore arrives in England 196
He restores Wilfrid to diocese of York 198
Egfrid’s wives: Etheldreda and Ermenburga 199
Magnificence of Wilfrid 200
Ermenburga and Theodore both hostile to
Wilfrid 201
678. Wilfrid’s diocese divided against his will 202
He appeals to Rome 203
Wilfrid’s imprisonment and exile 204
His missionary work in Sussex 204
678. Early life of St. Cuthbert 205
685. He is made Bishop of Lindisfarne 207
685. King Egfrid’s death on the battlefield of
Nechtansmere miraculously revealed to
St. Cuthbert 207
Aldfrid, King of Northumbria 208
687. Death of St. Cuthbert 208
690. Death of Theodore 209
687. Wilfrid returns to his diocese 209
692. The quarrel breaks out again. Wilfrid’s second
journey to Rome 209
705. Death of Aldfrid. Usurpation of Eadulf. Accession
of Osred 210
Synod by the Nidd: the dispute with Wilfrid
settled 211
709. Death of Wilfrid 212
CHAPTER XIII.
THE LEGISLATION OF KING INE.
686. Cadwalla, King of Wessex 215
688. His pilgrimage to Rome 216
Ine reigns over Wessex 216
726. His abdication and pilgrimage to Rome 217
Laws of early Kentish kings 218
693. Ine promulgates his laws 219
Open-field system of agriculture 221
Position of the _ceorl_ (free husbandman) 223
Position of the _theow_ (serf) 225
Law of the _wergild_ 227
Position of the thegn 228
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