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Read Ebook: The history of England from the earliest times to the Norman Conquest by Hodgkin Thomas Hunt William Editor Poole Reginald Lane Editor
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Harold Fair-hair, King of Norway 372
ETHELRED THE REDELESS.
Imbecility of this king 374
Severe criticisms of the Saxon Chronicle on his management of affairs 375
Saxon armour 381
Bishop Alphege ambassador to Olaf 384
Ethelred ravages Cumberland 385
Massacre of Danes on St. Brice's Day 387
London vainly attacked by the Danes 389
The English submit. Ethelred flees to Normandy 392
Series of battles between Edmund and Canute 396
Edmund defeated at Assandune 397
Partition of the kingdom. Death of Edmund 397
CANUTE AND HIS SONS.
Edwy "King of the Ceorls" 399
Four great earls under Canute 401
Edric killed: Thurkill banished 401
Numerous executions 402
Family of Leofwine 402
Godwine, son of Wulfnoth 403
Northumbrian and Scottish affairs 406
Canute orders the murder of Jarl Ulf, his brother-in-law 414
Relations with Normandy 415
England divided between his sons Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut 417
His murder, and cruel treatment of his followers 419
Disputes between Harold and Archbishop Ethelnoth 420
Severe tax laid upon the people 421
LEGISLATION OF THE LATER KINGS.
Importance of property in cattle 424
Ealdormen, earls and shire-reeves 434
Ordeals 440
Tendencies towards feudalism 441
EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.
Siward, Earl of Northumbria 447
Leofric, Earl of Mercia 448
Vast power of Earl Godwine and his family 448
Misconduct of Sweyn, son of Godwine 449
Edward's foreign relatives: their unpopularity 452
Ecclesiastical favourites: Robert Champart 452
Godwine heads resistance to the foreigners 454
Exile of Godwine and temporary ruin of his family 455
Visit of William the Norman to England 457
Return of Earl Godwine and reinstatement of his family 459
Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury 460
Death of Earl Godwine: his son Harold all-powerful 461
Harold's wars with Griffith 466
Griffith marries Aldgyth, daughter of Elfgar 467
Tostig banished: his earldom given to Morkere, son of Elfgar 471
Harold marries Aldgyth, widow of Griffith 471
Dedication of Westminster Abbey 472
STAMFORD BRIDGE AND HASTINGS.
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