THE SAXONS IN ENGLAND.
Reading edition
A HISTORY OF
THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH
TILL THE PERIOD OF
THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
BY
JOHN MITCHELL KEMBLE, M.A., F.C.P.S.,
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT MUNICH, AND OF THE ROYAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT BERLIN,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF HISTORY IN STOCKHOLM, AND OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF HISTORY IN COPENHAGEN,
ETC. ETC. ETC.
“Nobilis et strenua, iuxtaque dotem naturae sagacissima gens Saxonum, ab antiquis etiam scriptoribus memorata.”
A NEW EDITION, REVISED BY
WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH, F.R.S.L.,
Senior Assistant of the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, Honorary Librarian of the Royal Society of Literature, Honorary Secretary of the British Archæological Association, etc.
VOLUME I.
LONDON:
BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY.
1876.
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.
TO
THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
THIS HISTORY
OF THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE GIVEN HER EMPIRE
ITS PREEMINENCE
AMONG THE NATIONS OF EUROPE,
IS,
WITH HER GRACIOUS PERMISSION,
INSCRIBED BY
THE MOST HUMBLE AND DEVOTED
OF HER SERVANTS.
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