The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The reign of William the Conqueror. 1871

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Clarendon Press, 1871
 

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Стр. 598 - De par le roi ; defense a Dieu • De faire miracle en ce lieu.
Стр. 508 - Never indeed was any man more contented with doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him.
Стр. 691 - So very narrowly he caused it to be " traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, " it is shame to tell. though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down.
Стр. 806 - Comitis," who, to say nothing of his remarkable name, must have been great-great-grandson of the still living Godgifu. But another name (p. 50) seems to suggest a lost piece of Teutonic song or legend ; " Godwinus Gille, qui vocabatur Godwinus, quia non impar Godwino filio Guthlaci, qui in fabulis antiquorum valde pnedicatur," which should be taken along with the mention of the Guthlacingas in Orderic (537 C).
Стр. 292 - Before the end of the year, Yorkshire was a wilderness. The bodies of its inhabitants were rotting in the streets, in the highways, or on their own hearthstones; and those who had escaped from sword, fire, and hunger, had fled out of the land.
Стр. 691 - Eke he let write how mickle of land his archbishops had, and his bishops, and his abbots and his earls, and what or how mickle ilk man had that landholder was in England in land and in cattle, and how mickle fee it was worth. So very narrowly he let...
Стр. 690 - Commissioners made their inquiry by the oaths of the Sheriffs, the parish priests, the reeves, and the men generally, French and English, of each lordship. They were to report who had held the land in the time of King "Eadward and who held it then...
Стр. 291 - Christian men survivorawas forgotten under the stress of hunger. Nay, there were those who did not shrink from keeping themselves alive on the flesh of their own...
Стр. 711 - The great men mounted their horses and rode with all speed to their own homes, to guard their houses and goods against the outburst of lawlessness which was sure to break forth now that the land had no longer a ruler. Their servants and followers, seeing their lords gone, and deeming that there was no longer any fear of punishment, began to make spoil of the royal chamber. Weapons, clothes, vessels, the...

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