CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. THE BRITONS-ROMANS-SAXONS-THE HEPTARCHY-THE SEX. The first inhabitants of Britain The authority and superstition of the druids. Invasion of Julius Cæsar (Ant. C. 55)......... 5 800 Egbert ascends the throne of Wessex. His conquest of the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy 1017 Edmond murdered at Oxford.. Sends Edmund's sons to Sweden.. Puts to death the traitor Edric and other English Marries Emma. ib. |