History Of England And Wales From The Roman To The Norman Conquest

Excerpt from A History of England and Wales From the Roman to the Norman Conquest It will thus be seen that a Record of the words and doings of the heads of the people is a continuative Biography of the people themselves. Before the Conquest the chroniclers were sparing of their words: the Saxon Chronicle records the last years of the reign of Alfred the Great, thus - "899. 900." And the Welsh chronicler described a battle that led to a change of rulers in North Wales, thus - "Gwaith Carno." Happily, the events preceding the Norman Conquest are fully described by contemporary and other writers; but here another difficulty arises, namely, to hold the balance between rival authorities, and to explain why the Saxon writer should call a man "blessed," and the Norman writer should characterize the same man a "dog." I have particularised the course of the Severn, as i is the historic river of Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.