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ROGER OF WENDOVER Flowers of history. The history of England from the descent of the saxons to A.D. 1235. vol.1

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ROGER OF WENDOVER
Flowers of history. The history of England from the descent of the saxons to A.D. 1235. vol.1
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Heresy of the Anlhropomorphites. A.D. 949. There sprang up in Italy the heresy of the Anfhropomorphites, who contend that God has a corporal form, which was opposed by Ritherius, bishop of Verona, both by his preaching and in his writings. Dealh of king Eilric. A.D. 950. King Eilric, by the treachery of earl Osulf, was slain by a nobleman named Macon, together with his son Henry and his brother Reginald, in a lonely spot called Steinmore ; after which king Eadred reigned in those parts. Imprisonment of Wulstan, archbishop of York. A.D. 951. King Eadred placed Wulstan, archbishop of York, in close confinement at Withabury, because he had been often accused before him on certain charges, as that he had ordered many citizens of Thetford to be put to death in revenge for their having unjustly slain abbot Aldelm. Alfvoold is consecrated bishop of Crediton. A.D. 952. On the death of Algar, bishop of Crediton, Alfwold succeeded him by the counsel of the blessed Dunstan. Wulslan is delivered from prison. A.D. 953. Wulstan, archbishop of York, was delivered from prison, and restored to the episcopal dignity at Dorchester. Osketel is consecrated archbisnop. A.D. 954. Osketel, a good man and fully instructed in divine knowledge, was made archbishop of York, King Eadred dies. A.D. 955. Eadred, the most potent king of England, was taken with a grievous sickness in the tenth year of his reign, and speedily despatched a messenger for the blessed Dunstan to receive his confession. As the latter was hastening to the palace, he heard a voice above him distinctly utter, " King Eadred now rests in peace;" whereupon the horse on which he rode, unable to bear the angelic voice, fell dead to the earth without having received any injury from his rider. On coming to the king, the blessed Dunstan found that he had


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