 Northumbria were alarmed by the appearance of a Danish armament near the coast. The barbarians were permitted to land without opposition. The plunder of the churches exceeded their most sanguine expectations : and their route was marked by the mangled...  The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church - Página 344por John Lingard - 1810 - 528 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1825 - 538 páginas
...hermitage of Farn. Higbald succeeded to the episcopacy. In the year 793, while he presided in Lindisfarn, the inhabitants of Northumbria were alarmed by the...: their attention has been absorbed by the fate of Lindisfam. That venerable pile, once honoured by the residence of the apostle of Northumbria, and sanctified... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 650 páginas
...plunder of the churches exceeded their expectations, and their route was marked by the mangled carcasses of the nuns, the monks, and the priests, whom they had massacred. Historians have scarcely condescended to notice the misfortunes of other churches than that of Lindesferne,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 666 páginas
...plunder of the churches exceeded their expectations, and their route was marked by the mangled carcasses of the nuns, the monks, and the priests, whom they had massacred. Historians have scarcely condescended to notice the misfortunes of other churches than that of Lindesferne,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 712 páginas
...of the churches exceeded their • expectations, and their route was marked by the mangled carcasses of the nuns, the monks, and the priests, whom they had massacred. Historians have scarcely condescended to notice the misfortunes of other churches than that of Lindesferne,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1852 - 676 páginas
...plunder of the churches exceeded their expectations, and their route was marked by the mangled carcasses of the nuns, the monks, and the priests, whom they had massacred. Historians have scarcely condescended to notice the misfortunes of other churches than that of Lindesferne,... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 páginas
...plundered, and their ears with the groans of their captives, expiring under the anguish of torture. Their route was marked by the mangled carcases of...the monks, and the priests whom they had massacred. From the banks of the Ouse to the river Tyne, the towns, churches, and monasteries were laid in ashes... | |
 | Charles Eyre (Abp. of Glasgow) - 1887 - 426 páginas
...churches exceeded their most sanguine expectations ; and their route was marked by the mangled carcasses of the nuns, the monks, and the priests, whom they...; their attention has been absorbed by the fate of Lindisfame. That venerable pile, once honoured with the residence of the Apostle of Northumbria, and... | |
 | Rev. Thomas Parkinson - 1888 - 264 páginas
...had plundered, and their ears with the groans of the captives expiring under the anguish 6f torture. Their route was marked by the mangled carcases of...the monks, and the priests whom they had massacred. From the banks of the Ouse to the river Tyne, the towns, churches, and monasteries were laid in ashes;... | |
 | 1891 - 680 páginas
...abbeys which ancient piety had founded were swept away." And again : — " their route was marked with the mangled carcases of the nuns, the monks and the priests, . whom they had massacred." And to take one more instancet : — " each succeeding year was marked by the fall of some celebrated... | |
 | 1891 - 718 páginas
...abbeys which ancient piety had founded were swept away." And again : — " their route was marked with the mangled carcases of the nuns, the monks and the priests, whom they had massacred." And to take one more instancet : — " each succeeding year was marked by the fall of some celebrated... | |
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