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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1834. Excerpt: ... 102 SAXON CONQUEST OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER VIII. Saxon Conquest of England--Saxon Heptarchy-- Court of Edward the Confessor--Dislike between the English and Normans--Death of Edward, and Accession of Harold--Preparations of William of Normandy for invading England--Invasion and Defeat of Harold of Norway--Battle of Hastings-- Effects of the Norman Conquest--Forest Laws-- Couvrefeu--The Language changed by the intermixture of Norman-French--Introduction of Chivalry-- Connexion with Continental Politics, which was the consequence of England falling into the hands of the Duke of Normandy. The Norman Conquest--a great event, which continues its effects even to our own day--was for many centuries the abundant source of wars as inveterate and bloody as the world ever saw. Like other revolutions of that destructive period, it had its remote origin in the feeble and decayed state in which the Romans left the island of Britain, or at least its southern and more fertile moiety, when they withdrew their experienced legions from the defence of the colonists, and, having first deprived them of arms, and allowed their military habits to fall into disuse, left them, unaided, to protect themselves against the unconquered barbarians of the northern parts of the island, then termed Scots and Picts. Finding themselves exposed to the attacks of these fierce people, it is well known that the dispirited Britons summoned to their assistance the Saxons, a people inhabiting the north of Germany, and the southern shores of the Baltic. A nation thus imploring the defence of stranger tribes, exposed themselves of course to their rapacity. The Saxons repelled indeed the irruptions of the northern barbarians; but summoning more of their brethren to SAXON CONQUEST OP ENGLISH. 103 share the conquest of a country whic...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781154341515
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 164
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154341518
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 304 gr


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