CONTENTS.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND Under the Anglo-Saxons.
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN OF HISTORY.
CHAPTER II. THE ANCIENT BRITONS.
CHAPTER III. THE DRUIDS.
CHAPTER IV. LANDING OF JULIUS CAESAR.
CHAPTER V. CARACTACUS, BOADICEA, AND AGRICOLA.
CHAPTER VI. DEPARTURE OF THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER VII. BRITAIN AFTER THE ROMAN PERIOD.
The Saxon Invasion.
CHAPTER VIII. THE ANCIENT SAXONS.
CHAPTER IX. HENGIST HORSA ROWENA AND VORTIGERN.
CHAPTER X. ELLA, CERDRIC, AND KING ARTHUR.
CHAPTER XI. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAXON OCTARCHY.
CHAPTER XII. CONVERSION OF ETHELBERT.
CHAPTER XIII. EDWIN, KING OF THE DEIRI AND BERNICIA.
CHAPTER XIV. PENDA, THE PAGAN MONARCH OF MERCIA.
CHAPTER XV. DECLINE OF THE SAXON OCTARCHY.
CHAPTER XVI. OFFA, SURNAMED THE TERRIBLE.
CHAPTER XVII. EGBERT, KING OF ALL THE SAXONS.
Invasion of the Danes.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ANCIENT SEA-KINGS.
CHAPTER XIX. FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE DANES IN NORTHUMBRIA.
CHAPTER XX. RAVAGES OF THE DANES DEATH OF ETHELRED.
CHAPTER XXI. ACCESSION AND ABDICATION OF ALFRED.
CHAPTER XXII. ALFRED THE GREAT.
CHAPTER XXIII. CHARACTER OF ALFRED THE GREAT.
CHAPTER XXIV. EDWARD THE ELDER.
CHAPTER XXV. THE REIGN OF ATHELSTAN.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE REIGNS OF EDMUND AND EDRED.
CHAPTER XXVII. EDWIN AND ELGIVA.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REIGN OF EDGAR.
CHAPTER XXIX. EDWARD THE MARTYR.
CHAPTER XXX. ETHELRED THE UNREADY.
CHAPTER XXXI. EDMUND, SURNAMED IRONSIDE.
CHAPTER XXXII. CANUTE THE DANE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. REIGNS OF HAROLD HAREFOOT AND HARDICANUTE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. ACCESSION OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.
CHAPTER XXXV. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.
CHAPTER XXXVI. EARL HAROLD'S VISIT TO NORMANDY.
CHAPTER XXXVII. ACCESSION OF HAROLD, THE SON OF GODWIN.
The Norman Invasion
CHAPTER XXXVIII. ENGLAND INVADED BY THE NORMANS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. BATTLE OF HASTINGS.
The Anglo-Saxons. THEIR RELIGION.
ILLUSTRATIONS. BY WILLIAM HARVEY, ESQ.
FOOTNOTES
Transcribers' Note
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From the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest; Second Edition
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HISTORY
OF
THE ANGLO-SAXONS:
FROM THE
Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
BY
THOMAS MILLER,
AUTHOR OF "ROYSTON GOWER," "LADY JANE GREY,"
"PICTURES OF COUNTRY LIFE," ETC.
Second Edition.
LONDON:
DAVID BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCL.
