The Early History of Oxford, 727-1100: Preceded by a Sketch of the Mythical Origin of the City and University

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Oxford Historical Society at the Clarendon Press, 1885 - 420 Seiten
 

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The earliest forms of the name i e Oxnaforda Oxeneforda c in the Anglo
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The origin of his story of Oxford being once situated at Beaumont derived
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Chronological and other objections to the story that Alfred founded Oxford
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A rival edition issued in 1603 under Camdens auspices with a passage
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The passage supposed to have been supplied to Camden by Sir Henry Savile
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THE SITE OF OXFORD DURING THE BRITISH
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THE SITE OF OXFORD DURING THE SAXON SETTLE
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The growth of Oxford round that centre whence roads went east and west
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William of loictiers After his coronation William goes to Bercingis 337
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The cross road southward from Alchester to Dorchester
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The passage in full respecting King Alfred and Oxford and Grimbalds
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THE FOUNDATION OF S FRIDESWIDES NUNNERY
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S Frideswide escapes to Binscy or Benson
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The story told in the Cartulary of S Frideswide and the restoration
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A general view of the whole however points to the establishment of
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PASSAGES QUOTED IN CHAPTER VII OXFORD DURING THE DANISH
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The demarcation of the Mercian shires and their nomenclature after
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The policy of Eadward as regards Mercia carried on by his three sons 925
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The lands there given or confirmed to S Frides wides
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Ralph Higden who died 1363 in his Polychronicon refers to King Alfred
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The Danish invasion continued the Dancs gain possession of the Berkshire
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Florence of Worcester
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Eadmund Ironside succeeds and attempts to drive out the Danes
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The ecclesiastical history of the district during the tenth century
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The importance of Abingdon Abbey as contrasted with that of S Frideswide
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The Mercian king a Christian
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The great Gemot at Oxford Oct 28 1065 when Tostig Harolds brother
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Discrepancies in the stories told by different chroniclers and doubts as
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The entries in the Osency Annals
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Roger of Wendover
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The Church of S Mary Magdalene built outside the North gate and given
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His story of the foundation by Mempric B C 1009 the successive names
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THE DESCRIPTION OF OXFORD IN 1086 AS GIVEN
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Some of these names occur in the Abingdon Chronicle
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Summary of the numbers of the houses held by tenants whose names are given
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The British trackways
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The character of Robert DOilgi drawn by the Abingdon chronicler
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As to that of S Eadwards Church
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The Witan probably met in the Castle precincts
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The Bridges
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Notes adduced to prove that Leland believed in these myths
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The Oxford Historiola which ascribes the foundation of the University
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The argument used by the Cambridge Orator
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CHAPTER VIII
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The recital of the story of the foundation prefixed to the charter of refound
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OXFORD DURING THE FORTY YEARS BEFORE
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Charter of Heury I conferring possessions in Oxford to Ensham
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Greeklade is but a perversion of Cricklade of which the history is fairly
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AngloSaxon Chronicle A D 1009 The Danes burn Oxford
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AngloSaxon Chronicle A D 1066 After Hastings William
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The Church of S Martin crected the land being granted by King Cnut
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Ese or Ise a dialectic form of Ouse also Oise
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Nor is there any difficulty as to the origin of the name
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A plan of the neighbourhood of Oxford chiefly to illustrate Chapter III
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Florence of Worcester
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Ælfreds sovereignty over Mercia p 127
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Henry of Huntingdon
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The names of the moneyers at Oxford during the reigns of William
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King Williams march after the Battle near Hastings
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Ashbury seems to mark the county boundary between Berkshire and Wilt
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The entrance to Oxford from the West
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The nature of that grant
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Rous obtained part of his story from this Historiola since he was in
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A passage given in Lelands Collectanea from a Rochester Chronicle
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Ethelreds unreadiness
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Seite 282 - ... and let the shire appoint him a fourth term. If that then fail, let him take leave either from hence or thence, that he may seize his own.
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Seite 222 - After this the king had a great council, and very deep speech with his " witan " about this land, how it was peopled, or by what men ; then he sent his men over all England, into every shire, and caused to be ascertained how many hundred hides were in the shire, or what land the king himself had, and cattle within the land, or what dues he ought to have, in twelve months, from the shire.
Seite 186 - And there came to meet him archbishop Ealdred, and Eadgar child, and earl Eadwine, and earl Morkere, and all the best men of London, and then from necessity submitted when the greatest harm had been done ; and it was very imprudent that it was not done earlier, as God would not better it for our sins...
Seite 222 - So very narrowly he caused it to be " traced out, that there was not a single hide, nor one virgate of land, nor even, " it is shame to tell. though it seemed to him no shame to do, an ox, nor a cow, " nor a swine was left, that was not set down.
Seite 149 - ... must pay tribute to the army. Then the king sent to the army, and directed it to be made known to them, that he would that there should be a truce between them, and that tribute should be paid, and food given them. And then all that they accepted : and then were they victualled from throughout the English nation.
Seite 62 - Sanctorum, where the author of the article on St. Frideswide has filled whole columns with a recapitulation of the myths, to the little guidebook which is thrown away when done with. The Oxford University Calendar, too, in its account of University, still has ' The College of the Great Hall of the University is said to have been founded in the year 872 by Alfred the Great 1 ,
Seite 5 - At length, in the twentieth year of his reign, he was surrounded by a large pack of very savage wolves, and being torn and devoured by them, ended his existence in a horrible manner. Nothing good is related of him except that he begot an honest son and heir by name Ebrancus, and built one noble city which he called from his own name Caer-Memre, but which afterwards, in course of time, was called Bellisitum, then Caerbossa, at length...

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