Kent, Sussex, Essex, and the counties of the Saxon heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland] Reference
Norman Conquest, being 547 years, and ended in 1066, having been governed by 17 monarchs, during the heptarchy, of whom five were. From Wordnik.com. [A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses] Reference
The kingdoms of the heptarchy, or octarchy, had been united under the dominion of Egbert, the King of Wessex, in the year 827, and thus formed the kingdom of. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
The Saxon heptarchy founded by Egbert, King of Wessex. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04] Reference
England will become a heptarchy, the property of six or seven people!. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
The next returning planetary hour of Mars, who shared the heptarchy of power. From Wordnik.com. [Palamon and Arcite] Reference
Even within the short memorials of modern history we find a heptarchy in England. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbiad] Reference
England 'y fee Britain, and the feveral kingdoms which compofed the Saxon heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [The history of England : from the invasion iof Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688 ...] Reference
But, as in the Saxon times this country was an heptarchy, it is now a strange sort of. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
There are going to be as many camps and little armies, as when England was a heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
BRETWALDA, the over-king of the Saxon rulers, established in England during the heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
Still another version relates that Odin and Frigga had seven sons, who founded the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas] Reference
Alfred ascended the throne, or before any of the petty princes of the heptarchy ruled over the barbarous Saxons. From Wordnik.com. [The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States.] Reference
They are not all equal in rank, and even in the work of that heptarchy of genius, there were trivial things to be found. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Authors, British and American] Reference
Thus were united all the kingdoms of the heptarchy in one great state, near four hundred years after the first arrival of the Saxons in. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04] Reference
Beyond the Severn the Britons still asserted their national freedom, which survived the heptarchy, and even the monarchy, of the Saxons. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3] Reference
The Mercians, before the accession of Egbert, had very nearly attained the absolute sovereignty in the heptarchy: they had reduced the East. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04] Reference
In the long centuries the heptarchy in England had been followed by a monarchy with London for its capital; and in like manner the seven kingdoms of. From Wordnik.com. [Inquiries and Opinions] Reference
Under the Saxon heptarchy it was called Tunaeaster, and in succeeding periods it has been distinguished by the names of Thinemu, Thynemue, Tynemuth. From Wordnik.com. [The Castle of Tynemouth. A Tale] Reference
One objection made against it is that, upon the analogy of other similar compounds, heptarchy ought strictly to mean a ruling body composed of seven persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
In fact, all traces of the heptarchy, or ancient division of the island into provinces, did not entirely disappear until some years after the Norman conquest. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of King Alfred]
Let any man try in this country to restore the heptarchy, do you think that any portion of the people would think that the project could be tolerated for a moment?. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1] Reference
Even then it was probably in a better condition than it had been at the Norman conquest; and at the Norman conquest than during the confusion of the Saxon heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [III. Book II. Of the Accumulation of Capital, or of Productive and Unproductive Labour] Reference
In the Saxon heptarchy it was a part of the kingdom of the Northumbrians, which contained alfo the counties of York, Lan - cafter, Durham, Cumberland, and Weft - tnorland. From Wordnik.com. [The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland] Reference
The kings of all the other kingdoms of the heptarchy ascended to the throne in a legal manner untill it was finally destined by all it's kingdoms being united in one great state. From Wordnik.com. [Diary and Notes]
The next returning planetary hour Of Mars, who (harM the heptarchy of power. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets.: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical] Reference
828 Egbert, King of Wcfl'ox, united the heptarchy uruicr the name of I'. iiglnnd. From Wordnik.com. [The geographical magazine, or, A new, copious, compleat, and universal system of geography [microform] : containing an accurate and entertaining account and description of the several continents, islands, peninsulas, isthmuses, capes, promontories, lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, gulphs, and bays of Asia, Africa, Europe, and America : divided into empires, kingdoms, states, and colonies, with the climate, situation, extent and boundaries of each ...] Reference
It was old before the Saxon heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [The Gypsies] Reference
Of Mars, who shared the heptarchy of power. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes] Reference
Saxon heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3] Reference
19. heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
54 291. heptarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Palamon and Arcite] Reference
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