Scandinavian HistoryMacmillan & Company, 1874 - 399 páginas |
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... former wor- ship of Baal , or the sun , amongst the races from whom we have derived our language , for yule once meant wheel , and the yule- tide of the ancient Northmen was the winter solstice in Decem- ber , when the young men , with ...
... former wor- ship of Baal , or the sun , amongst the races from whom we have derived our language , for yule once meant wheel , and the yule- tide of the ancient Northmen was the winter solstice in Decem- ber , when the young men , with ...
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... former chapter we have seen that the north of Europe was left almost unvisited and certainly undescribed by foreigners , as far as we know , from the age of Alexander the Great of Macedon - more than 300 years B.C. - to that of Alfred ...
... former chapter we have seen that the north of Europe was left almost unvisited and certainly undescribed by foreigners , as far as we know , from the age of Alexander the Great of Macedon - more than 300 years B.C. - to that of Alfred ...
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... former made Count Eudes their king , the latter chose a brave prince , called Arnulf , to reign over them . With these new rulers a new state of things began , and before many years had passed the Northmen were forced to leave Germany ...
... former made Count Eudes their king , the latter chose a brave prince , called Arnulf , to reign over them . With these new rulers a new state of things began , and before many years had passed the Northmen were forced to leave Germany ...
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... former promises , any of the treasures of Guld - Harald , who had been murdered by his uncle's orders , Hakon quarrelled with him and made himself independent of him . Harald Blaatand professed to be a Christian during the latter years ...
... former promises , any of the treasures of Guld - Harald , who had been murdered by his uncle's orders , Hakon quarrelled with him and made himself independent of him . Harald Blaatand professed to be a Christian during the latter years ...
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... and her marriage with the man who had dethroned her former husband and driven her sons from their country and heritage does not give us a very high idea of her character . favour as of old . The Danish king was at 52 SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY .
... and her marriage with the man who had dethroned her former husband and driven her sons from their country and heritage does not give us a very high idea of her character . favour as of old . The Danish king was at 52 SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY .
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