Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)
Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 196
the late Bishop Wilberforce, ill-placedamong the surroundings of the massive Norman work. In this great church many stirring scenes of English history have been enacted.The early kings made Winchester their home and the cathedral their chapel. Hereit was that Egbert, after being crowned /// rcgcm… … RUINS OF THli CLUISTEKS. I go Winchester. and died. Here in 1035 Cnuts body lay in state before the liigh altar, over which washung thenceforth for many a year, most precious of relics, the great Norsemans crown.Here William the Conqueror often came, and wore his crown at the Easter Gemot;…
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