CHAPTER 9 ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE SECOND, CALLED RUFUS
William the Red, in breathless haste, secured [get] the three great forts of Dover, Pevensey, ......
At first, Elfrida possessed great influence over the young King, but, as he grew older and came of age, her influence declined. The infamous woman, no ......
'Knave [man without honor]!' said King Richard. 'What have I done to thee [you] that thou [you] shouldest [should] take my life?'
'What hast thou [hav ......
CHAPTER 3 ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED
Alfred [born in 849 CE, 唐: 618年-907年] the Great was a young man, three-and-twenty years of age, when ......
By such means, and by taxing and oppressing the English people in every possible way, the Red King became very rich. When he wanted money for any purp ......
In the next reign, which was the reign of Edward, surnamed The Elder, who was chosen in council to succeed, a nephew of King Alfred troubled the count ......
And indeed it did. For, the great army landing from the great fleet, near Exeter, went forward, laying England waste, and striking their lances in the ......
Many other noblemen repeating and supporting this when it was once uttered, Stephen and young Plantagenet went down, each to his own bank of the river ......
You have not forgotten the New Forest which the Conqueror made, and which the miserable people whose homes he had laid waste, so hated. The cruelty of ......
Then came the boy-king, Edgar, called the Peaceful, fifteen years old. Dunstan, being still the real king, drove all married priests out of the monast ......