Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders, Vol. 27 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders, Vol. 27 (Classic Reprint) written by Powys-Land Club and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Collections Historical and Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders, Vol. 27 The principal leader of the Saxons against the Welsh was Harold, son of Earl Godwin, a turbulent race. Sweyn, the son of Godwin, had ravaged South Wales in 1046, and carried off the Abbess of Leominster, whom he desired to marry, but being forbidden, fled to Bruges, and when he subsequently returned and endeavoured to gain restitution of his lands, was withstood by his brother Harold. Earl Godwin ruled the whole of the south and west of England, Sweyn possessed the country between the Thames and Avon, Harold had the eastern counties up to the Wash. The rest of the country was possessed by Siward, Earl of Northumbria, and Leofric, Earl of Mercia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.