Identifier: modernhistoryeur00west (find matches)
Title: Modern history; Europe
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: West, Willis Mason, 1857- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ere the subsequent Nor-man conquest of England (§§ 16, 1.23, 124) and of southernItaly (§ 67 b.), and the introduction of French civilization intothose lands. 16. England and the Danes and Normans. — The conquest ofBritain in the fifth and sixth centuries by the Angles andSaxons left the eastern half of the island divided into severalpetty German states,2 with numerous unconquered Celtic dis-tricts in the west. The German states farthest east — theKentmen, South Saxons, East Saxons, and East Angles —were soon shut off from contact with the Celtic territory andceased to grow ; but Wessex (the kingdom of the West Saxons)and Mercia and Northumbria (two of the kingdoms of theAngles) continued to expand at the expense of Celtic tribes.Plainly, leadership in the island was destined to fall to one of 1 Special report: the story of Rolfs act of homage to Charles. 2 For a brief account of the formation of these states, see Ancient History,§§ 591-594. 16) THE NEW BARBARIAN ATTACK. 17
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POATES.N.Y. 18 A NEW SERIES OF DARK AGES, 814-1100. (§ 16 these three mark states.1 They had been struggling witheach other for two centuries for the mastery, when, in 827,Egbert,2 King of Wessex, brought all the Teutonic kingdomsof the island under his authority. The union, however, wasvery imperfect. Egbert was simply a head king surroundedby jealous tributary kings, who might at any time break awayfrom a weak ruler. This was the political situation when the Danish invasionsbegan. These at first shattered the new-made union, but inthe end they helped it to grow more complete. The story fillstwo centuries and a half, and falls into four chapters. a. First period: Danish settlements; division of the island;Alfreds reforms. The Danes had begun their raids in thetime of Egbert, but they made no attempt at permanent settle-ment until 850, when a band wintered on the southeasterncoast. From that time their attempts grew more and moreeager, until in. 871, after a series of great battles,

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