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The Language and Literature of the English before the Conquest, and the Effect on Them of the Norman Invasion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Robinson Thornton
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I Must preface this paper with a remark which, in the case of most, if not all, of my hearers will be, I presume, needless: but which is far from needless for those whose studies have not been in the early history of this country. The remark is this, that it is erroneous to draw in our historical consciousness a strong black line at the event of the 14th or 22nd October 1066.

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Research Article
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Transactions of the Royal Historical Society , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 1885 , pp. 197 - 214
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1885

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References

page 197 note 1 Some authorities put it xi. Kal. Nov., others on S. Callistus' day, Oct. 14.

page 201 note 1 Hist. Eccl. Dun. Ch. xv.

page 202 note 1 ii. 14.

page 209 note 1 B. iv. § 24.

page 210 note 1 L. 120–130.

page 210 note 2 § xi. 1. 205.

page 211 note 1 The Icelandic verse is of three kinds: Fornyrðalag, which has alliteration with accent only; Drottkvæði (heroic verse), which has alliteration, rhyme, and metre; and Runhende (popular), which has rhyme and alliteration.