Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 308
.They were pleased to deride it thus, but whenAthelstan came he clearly made them understandthat it was no happy state to be without the paleof the Church. He so thoroughly instilled intothem the necessity of imbibing the principles ofreligion that those who were unwilling to becomeconverts were… … EXETER FROM THE PALACE GARDEP.S EXETER mass of ignorant peasants would comprehend any-thing but the most stringent measures. Thetransition from heathen darkness to the Hght ofChristianity must have meant a severe initiation totwo-thirds of the population of Exeter at the timeof Athelstans…
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