_c._ 700. THE DOOMS OF INE _Thorpe_ 41 716. CEOLFRID, ABBOT OF JARROW _Bede_ 44 720-730. A RIDDLE OF CYNEWULF 48 722. POPE GREGORY II. COMMENDS 49 BONIFACE 731. THE STATE OF ENGLAND _Bede_ 50 731. BEDE’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF, _Bede_ 52 HIS HISTORICAL AUTHORITIES AND METHODS 786. THE FAITHFUL THEGNS _A.-S. Chronicle_ 54 787-870. THE COMING OF THE DANES _A.-S. Chronicle_ 56 796. A LETTER FROM CHARLES THE 59 GREAT TO OFFA 827. THE BRETWALDAS _A.-S. Chronicle_ 61 871-878. ALFRED AND THE DANES _A.-S. Chronicle_ 62 _c._ 885. ALFRED AND GUTHRUM’S PEACE _Thorpe_ 66 _c._ 890. ALFRED’S DOOMS _Thorpe_ 67 _c._ 890. OHTHERE’S VOYAGE OF _Alfred’s “Orosius”_ 70 EXPLORATION, TOLD TO KING ALFRED 907-925. EDWARD’S POLICY _A.-S. Chronicle_ 73 _c._ 930. ATHELSTAN’S DOOM CONCERNING _Thorpe_ 76 HOT IRON AND WATER 937. THE BATTLE OF BRUNANBURH _A.-S. Chronicle_ 77 940. A LAND BOC _Earle_ 79 946. DUNSTAN IS MADE ABBOT OF “_B._” 82 GLASTONBURY BY KING EDMUND 973. EDGAR’S CORONATION, WHITSUN _Anon._ 84 DAY 978. THE MURDER OF EDWARD AT CORFE _Anon._ 86 980-1002. THE REDELESS KING AND THE _A.-S. Chronicle_ 88 DANES 991. THE BATTLE OF MALDON _A.-S. Poem_ 92 _c._ 1000. COUNTRY LIFE AT THE END OF _Ælfric_ 95 THE TENTH CENTURY 1016. EDMUND AND CANUTE _A.-S. Chronicle_ 100 _c._ 1025. PEOPLES’ DUTIES AND RIGHTS IN _Thorpe_ 103 THE TIME OF CANUTE 1027. CANUTE’S LETTER FROM ROME _William of Malmesbury_ 107 1029-1060. RANKS AMONG THE ENGLISH _Thorpe_ 110 1051. SAXON AND NORMAN _A.-S. Chronicle_ 110 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE _William of Malmesbury_ 113 ENGLISH BEFORE THE CONQUEST 1066. A NORMAN ACCOUNT OF THE _William of Malmesbury_ 115 BATTLE OF HASTINGS 1066. THE LAST OF THE NORTHMEN AND _A.-S. Chronicle_ 117 OF THE ENGLISH NOTE ON THE CHIEF AUTHORITIES 119 ------------------------------------------------------------------------