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	Cities and Towns - Hometown England
		England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in Northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
		England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight.
		Although being in South West England, which is the 4th strongest region in England, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (combined into a NUTS:3 region for statistical purposes) is the weakest area in England, with a GDP per capita of €15 366 per capita, or 73% of the EU average of €21 170.
	www.hometownengland.com (6247 words)

	Athelstan of England - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He was the son of King Edward the Elder, whom he succeeded as the ruler of all England on August 2, 924.
		Athelstan's court was in contact with the rest of Europe; his half sisters married into European noble families, and foreign visitors sought it out.
		Athelstan was religious and gave generously to the church in Wessex, when he died in 939 at Gloucester he was buried at his favourite abbey rather than with his family at Winchester.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Athelstan (320 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Athelstan.
		Athelstan, eldest son of King Edward the Elder, was a tall and handsome youth with light flaxen hair, who had been ennobled by his grandfather, Alfred the Great.
		Athelstan succeeded in expelling the Cornish from Exeter and established the border with Cornwall as the River Tamar.
		Athelstan directed that each of the manors owned by the crown should be subject to an annual charge, which should be used to relieve the poor and the destitute.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /saxon_8.htm (728 words)

	Athelstan
		Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great.
		Athelstan was raised in Mercia, perhaps as a method of encouraging Mercian loyalty to the West Saxon dynasty.
		Athelstan was religious and gave generously to the church in Wessex, when he died in 939 at Gloucester he was buried at his favourite abbey rather than with his family at Winchester.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Athelstan (1462 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Athelstan of England
		King Athelstan was born about 895 AD, the son of King Edward the Elder, whom he succeeded as the ruler of all England in about 924.
		Athelstan is generally regarded as the first proper English king.
		He died in 939 at Gloucester and was succeeded by his younger half-brother, King Edmund I of England.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/at/Athelstan_of_England (153 words)

	Athelstan Museum Malmesbury Bartholomew Books
		The Romano-British population of that time accepted conversion from their previous worship of the Roman gods so that, at the time the Roman Legions left these islands early in the 5th century, the population that remained was largely Christian.
		The story of Aldhelm is the story of the introduction to England of regulated monastic life as well as the firm embedding of Christian observance in the population of this land now ruled by Saxons.
		England's close adherence to the rights of individual privacy, of free speech and our reservations regarding our place in Europe can all be shown to stem from our journey through the ages.
	www.athelstan-museum.org.uk /booklets/bartholomew.php (1415 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Athelstan of England
		Athelstan was fostered by the family of Athelstan 'Half-King' in Mercia, perhaps as a method of encouraging Mercian loyalty to the West Saxon dynasty.
		Athelstan might have considered his rule in some way imperial: the style basileus is found in his charters, whilst he is the first king to bear the title r[ex] tot[ius] B[ritanniae].
		Athelstan was religious and gave generously to the church in Wessex, when he died in 939 at Gloucester he was buried at his favourite abbey (Malmesbury) rather than with his family at Winchester.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Athelstan_of_England (1587 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 899 AD-977 AD
		King Athelstan of England claims his kingdom and receives the submission of High-Reeve Ealdred I of Bamburgh.
		- Prince Aelfweard, brother of King Athelstan of England, is drowned en route to France and buried at Saint-Bertin.
		Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Idwal Foel of Gwynedd and Morgan Mwynfawr of Morgannwg are compelled to accompany Athelstan on his campaign against King Constantine II of Alba.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime4.html (1607 words)

	England information - Search.com
		England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
		England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight.
		The list of England's largest cities is much debated because in British English the normal meaning of city is "a continuously built-up urban area"; these are hard to define and various other definitions are preferred by some people to boost the ranking of their own city.
	www.search.com /reference/England (5205 words)

	Athelstan of England
		Athelstan was the son of Edward the Elder, and grandson of Alfred the Great.
		Athelstan was raised in Mercia, perhaps as a method of encouraging Mercian loyalty to the West Saxon dynasty.
		Athelstan was religious and gave generously to the church in Wessex, when he died in 939 at Gloucester he was buried at his favourite abbey rather than with his family at Winchester.
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Europe/England/Royal_Family/athelstanofengla.html (1221 words)

	Athelstan of England at AllExperts
		Athelstan was fostered by the family of Athelstan 'Half-King' in Mercia, perhaps as a method of encouraging Mercian loyalty to the West Saxon dynasty.
		Athelstan might have considered his rule in some way imperial: the style basileus is found in his charters, whilst he is the first king to bear the title r[ex] tot[ius] B[ritanniae].
		Athelstan was religious and gave generously to the church in Wessex, when he died in 939 at Gloucester he was buried at his favourite abbey (Malmesbury) rather than with his family at Winchester.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/at/athelstan_of_england.htm (1635 words)

	England (Site not responding. Last check: )
		England is named after the Angles, one of a number of Germanic tribes believed to have originated in Angeln in northern Germany, who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
		England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight.
		The list of England's largest cities is much debated because in British English the normal meaning of city is "a continuously built-up urban area"; these are hard to define and various other definitions are preferred by some people to boost the ranking of their own city.
	www.capezone.com /wiki/England.html (5074 words)

	England:
		England is named after the Angles (Old English genitive case, "Engla" — hence, Old English "Engla Land"), the largest of a number of Germanic tribes who settled in England in the fifth and sixth centuries, who are believed to have originated in the peninsula of Angeln, in modern-day northern Germany.
		The Norman conquest of England was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England.
		England is also credited with being the birthplace of many pop-culture movements such as glam rock, drum and bass, grindcore, progressive rock, punk, shoegazing, acid house and garage.
	winelib.com /wiki/England (5394 words)

	Athelstan of England - Wikinfo
		King Athelstan was born about 895 AD, the son of King Edward the Elder, whom he succeeded as the ruler of all England in about 924.
		Athelstan is generally regarded as the first proper English king.
		He died in 939 at Gloucester and was succeeded by his younger half-brother, King Edmund I of England.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Athelstan_of_England (673 words)

	Learn more about Edmund I of England in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		King Edmund I of England, or Edmund the Deed-Doer was born in Wessex in 921 as a son of Edward I the Elder of England, King from 899 till 924, and half-brother of Athelstan of England, king from 924 till 939.
		Athelstan died on October 27, 939 and Edmund succeeded him as King.
		Edgar of England, king of only Mercia and Northumbria from 957 until his brother's death in 959, then king of England from 959 till 975.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /e/ed/edmund_i_of_england.html (394 words)

	Hurst People (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Athelstan, the son of Edward the Elder and Egwina of Wessex, was born in about 895.
		Athelstan succeeded his father, Edward the Elder, as King of Wessex in 925.
		Athelstan died unmarried at Gloucester October 27 939 and was buried in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire.
	history.hvs.org.uk /Hurst2/Athels.htm (187 words)

	BBC - History - Athelstan (c.895 - 939)
		Athelstan was the first king of all England, and Alfred the Great's grandson.
		In 937, at the battle of Brunanburh, Athelstan led a force drawn from Britain, and defeated an invasion made by the king of Scotland, in alliance with the Welsh and Danes, from Dublin.
		Under Athelstan, law codes strengthened royal control over his large kingdom; currency was regulated to control silver's weight and to penalise fraudsters; buying and selling was largely confined to the burhs, encouraging town life; and areas of settlement in the Midlands and Danish towns were consolidated into shires.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/athelstan.shtml (263 words)

	England (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Be that as it may, the emergence of England as a nation did not begin as a result of a quick, decisive victory over the native Britons, but a result of hundreds of years of settlement and growth, more settlement and growth, sometimes peaceful, sometimes not.
		The Norman invasion of England was unlike that involving massive immigrations of people seeking new lands in which to settle and farm as marked by the Anglo-Saxon and Danish invasions.
		In England, Stephen was unable to garner the support he needed from his Barons, fearful that a victory for either side would be followed by a massive confiscation of lands.
	www.manship2.lsu.edu /ukmedia/history/historyenglish.htm (20354 words)

	Anglo Saxon England
		Eadred's reign as King of England was marked by battles against the uprising-happy Northumbrians.
		After the death of Aethelred, England suffered through the brief reign of Edmund and then embarked on the brutal reign of Canute of Denmark.
		Harold and his men had to march the length of England to deal with a new, more dangerous threat, hard on the heels of a great and glorious victory.
	www.suite101.com /reference/anglo_saxon_england (1452 words)

	Athelstan of England - Glasgledius (Site not responding. Last check: )
		King Athelstan was born about 895 AD, the son of King Edward the Elder, whom he succeeded as the ruler of all England in about 924.
		Athelstan is generally regarded as the first proper English king.
		He died in 939 at Gloucester and was succeeded by his younger half-brother, King Edmund I of England.
	www.glasglow.com /E2/at/Athelstan_of_England.html (128 words)

	Kings of England
		King Athelstan (of England) became King of England in 924 replacing King Edward I 'The Elder' (of England).
		King William II 'Rufus' (of England) became King of England in 1087 replacing King William I 'the Conqueror' (of England).
		King Charles I Stuart of England became King of England in 1625 replacing King James VI & I Stuart VI of Scotland and I of England.
	richard.damon.name /genealogy/tl38.htm (1268 words)

	LawPundit :: Law : Information Technology : Intellectual Property : Current Events
		One of the laws of Athelstan defined the length of the English foot.
		Athelstan prescribed that the king's girth shall extend from the royal residence for a distance of 3 miles, 3 furlongs, 9 acres, 9 feet, 9 palms, and 9 barleycorns.
		My understanding [this is still Tompkins writing] of the law of King Athelstan is that the radius of the King's girth extended 6 minutes or 1/10 of degree from north to south.
	www.lawpundit.com /blog/2004/08/law-of-king-athelstan-of-england.htm (719 words)

	The Heroic Age: Athelstan of England
		Athelstan is probably most often recalled as the hero of the famous poetic entry to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 937, known as The Battle of Brunanburh.
		Athelstan's pride of place within that larger European context can be inferred from the marriage alliances formed in his generation between his sisters and the most powerful men on the continent.
		Royal possession of relics from throughout England is a clear indication of the breadth of West Saxon influence (Rollason 1989:153 ff.).
	www.mun.ca /mst/heroicage/issues/7/hare.html (4071 words)

	The Official Website of the Masonic Order of Athelstan - Index
		The Order, in England, is structured so that the Order's Provinces reflect and represent the original Kingdoms and Gilds (original spelling of Guilds) as they were set up by King Athelstan during his reign as "The First King of all the English".
		The Athelstan ceremony focuses on the legend of the York Assembly of 926 AD and uses this as the framework and conduit for our own ceremony.
		The aim of the Masonic Order of Athelstan is to encourage and prompt its members into actual further study and research.
	www.orderofathelstan.org (512 words)

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		Before Alfred the Great died in 899 Athelstan, a young boy of 5 or 6, was presented to his grandfather who "affectionately embraced him and gave him a Saxon sword, a jewelled scabbard, a belt and cloak".
		Athelstan pushed even further and turned the kingdom of England into a fact, "the first to rule what previously many kings shared between them".
		England is a small england country in the north-west corner of Europe founded by the Anglo-Saxons, a race of warriors who came to this country english culture and made it their own.
	www.wearetheenglish.com /athelstan.html (951 words)

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