Pictures From English History, By the Great Historical Artists
Pictures From English History, By the Great Historical Artists
Bishop, Coleman E., Comp. And Ed
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TI. THE JiOmHAN KINGS OF ENGI^AND. Four Kinos. 1066 to 1154. 88 Years. William I* (the Conqueror.) Accession 1067, death 1087, reign 20 years. (53.) A learned and powerful prince ; at the age of eight he could read Caesar's Commentaries, and " at the age of fifteen he wielded the most redoubtable sword in Christendom." 1068. — The tax of Danegelt reimposed. Ringing of the curfew- bell instituted. 1069. — ^The lands, treasures, preferments, and women of England distributed among the Norman soldi...ers ; several insurrections created thereby. (54- 58. 59.) " There was splendid plunder going, and it was splendidly given away." 1070. — The feudal system introduced ; all lands held by tenures or fiefs from the crown. 1072. — ^William, having overrun England, invades Scotland, and subdues Malcolm III. 1073. — Great insurrection in the north, under Hereward. The English " camp of refuge," in the Island of Ely, Northumberland laid waste, so that for sixty years it remained wild. Digitized by Google 28o Pictures from English IIistorv.
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