Beschreibung:
Published 1799-1805, this four-volume work was a benchmark in Anglo-Saxon studies, drawing on manuscripts in the British Museum.
Part VI: 1. The reign of Edward the Elder; 2. The reign of Althelstan; 3. Sketch of the ancient history of Bretagne, and Athelstan's reception of its chiefs; 4. Athelstan's connections with France, Germany, Norway, and Normandy; 5. Athelstan improves Exeter; 6. reign of Edmund the Elder; 7. Reign of Edred; 8. The life of Dunstan to the accession of Edwy; 9. The reign of Edwin; 10. The reign of Edgar; 11. Edward the Martyr; 12. The reign of Ethelred the Unready; 13. A view of the last scene of northern piracy; 14. Ethelred the Unready; 15. The reign of Edmund Ironside; 16. The reign of Canute the Great; 17. The reign of Harold the First; 18. The reign of Hardicanute; 19. The reign of Edward the Confessor; 20. The reign of Harold the Second.