"Northumbria and Wales fell into the power of Athelstan, by this victory [the Battle of Brunanburh]. It effectually se…"

"It was through a sound historical instinct that Ælfric, the greatest of late Old English scholars, writing when civil…"

"Athelstan's charters are the most important memorial of his government... [T]he king himself was inclined to leniency…"

"In spite of the unsatisfactory materials for his history, Athelstan is one of the few Anglo-Saxon kings of whose pers…"

"It was a common saying of the Anglo-Saxons of Athelstan, that no one more legally or more learnedly conducted a gover…"

"Merie sungen the muneches binnen Ely Tha Cnut Ching rew there by: Roweth, cnihtes, noer the lant, And here we thes mu…"

"A son was born to Henry, King of England, whom the ambassador Otto baptized and named Edward in honour of the most gl…"

"He was a compassionate Prince, and very tender in taxing his Subjects: He had nothing of Luxury or Excess in his Pala…"

"The so-called laws of Eadward are said to have been drawn up from declarations made on oath by twelve men of each shi…"

"Know that I have granted, and by this my present charter confirmed, to all my barons and vassals of England all the l…"