A Short History of the English Church, Addressed to the Young, From Its First Establishment to the End of the Anglo-Saxon Period [Signed M.c.s.].

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865. Excerpt: ... allow his Church and people to suffer. Doubtless during this season of misery and distress the Saxons prayed with all their hearts to God for help; we are told that the third Psalm, beginning, "Lord! how are they increased that trouble me," was ordered to be chanted in their churches, and a fresh sentence added to the litany, which gives us a vivid idea of the terror inspired by their heathen foes, "That it may please thee to quell the cruelty of our pagan enemies. We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord V CHAPTER XXI. Flight Of Ethelred Akd His Family Into Normandy.--His Son Edmund Ironsides Divides The Kingdom With The Danish King Canute.--Canute's Holiness And Wisdom.--His Wise Policy With Regard To The Government Of England.--Archbishop Ethelnoth.--He Restores Canterbury Cathedral.--Lady GoDiva.--Edward The Confessor.--His Favour To The Normans.--The Norman Conquest.--Conclusion. a.d. 1012--1066. The Danes under their leader Sweyn now made such advances that Ethel, red with his wife and two sons basely deserted their country, and took refuge in Normandy. So great was the power of the Danes, that on Sweyn's death, his son, the celebrated Canute, was prok Churton's Early English Church, p. 233. claimed by his party King of England. Ethelred was afterwards prevailed on to return, and after fighting several bloody battles with Canute, ended his troubles and life in the year 1016. His son Edmund Ironsides was a brave prince, and deter-mined if possible to secure the crown for himself; but he appears to have shrunk from exposing his poor subjects to so many deadly encounters. There is a quaint story told by an old writer, of how Edmund proposed to Canute that they should decide the matter by single combat, "that their hands might not be stained with the blood...