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Jacob Abbott King Alfred of England

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King Alfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of Alfred's life are described in a work by the 10th century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred's reputation has been that of a learned and merciful man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system, military structure and his people's quality of life. [more]

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Jacob Abbott King Alfred of England

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Jacob Abbott King Alfred of England Makers of History

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Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He attended the Hallowell Academy,[2] then he [more]

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Rev. Dr. Karen Adrien Osbey Atkins, PhD. King John Of England

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John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216), also known as John Lackland (Norman French: Johan sanz Terre), was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death in 1216. Following the battle of Bouvines, John lost the duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, which resulted in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributed to the subsequent growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of the Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered to be an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom. John, the youngest of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was at first not expected to inherit significant lands. Following the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, however, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed the Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry andGeoffrey died young; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's royal administrators whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade. Despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England, and came to an agreement with Philip II of France to recognise John's possession of the continental Angevin lands at the peace treaty of Le Goulet in 1200. [more]

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Jacob Abbott History of King Charles II of England

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Jacob Abbott was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob [more]

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Jacob Abbott History of King Charles II of England

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Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He attended the Hallowell Academy,[2] then he [more]

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Rev. Dr. Karen Adrien Osbey Atkins, PhD Prince William The Future King Of England

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THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS [more]

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Jacob Abbott History of King Charles the Second of England

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G. A. Henty The Dragon And The Raven: Or The Days Of King Alfred(Fiscle Part-3)

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A Low Hut Built Of Turf Roughly Thatched With Rushes And Standing On The Highest Spot Of Some Slightly Raised Ground. It Was Surrounded By A Tangled Growth Of Bushes And Low Trees, Through Which A Narrow And Winding Path Gave Admission To The Narrow Space On Which The Hut Stood. The Ground Sloped Rapidly. Twenty Yards From The House The Trees Ceased, And A Rank Vegetation Of Reeds And Rushes Took The Place Of The Bushes, And The Ground Became Soft And Swampy. A Little Further Pools Of Stagnant Water Appeared Among The Rushes, And The Path Abruptly Stopped At The Edge Of A Stagnant Swamp, Though The Passage Could Be Followed By The Eye For Some Distance Among The Tall Rushes. The Hut, In Fact, Stood On A Hummock In The Midst Of A Wide Swamp Where The Water Sometimes Deepened Into Lakes Connected By Sluggish Streams. [more]

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G. A. Henty The Dragon And The Raven: Or The Days Of King alfred (Fiscle Part 3)

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Living in the Present Days Of Peace And Tranquillity It Is Difficult To Picture The Life Of Our Ancestors In the Days Of King alfred, When The Whole Country Was For Years Overrun By Hordes Of Pagan Barbarians, Who Slaughtered, Plundered, And Destroyed at Will. You May Gain, Perhaps, A Fair Conception Of The State Of Things If You Imagine That At The Time Of The Great Mutiny The English Population Of India Approached that Of The Natives, And That The Mutiny Was Everywhere Triumphant. [more]

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