Legends of the Saxon Saints

by Aubrey De Vere

[1] See Montalembert's 'Moines de l'Occident,' vol. iii. p. 343; and also Burke: 'On the Continent the Christian religion, after the northern irruptions, not only remained but flourished.... In England it was so entirely extinguished that when Augustine undertook his mission, it does not appear that among all the Saxons there was a single person professing Christianity.'

[2] Tacitus. The German's wife might well be called his 'helpmate.' His wedding gift to his bride consisted of a horse, a yoke of oxen, a lance and a sword.

[3] Mallet's Northern Antiquities, pp. 79, 80. (Bell and Daldy, 1873.) Burke records this tradition with an entire credence. See note in p. 288.

[4] Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. x.

[5] Mallet's Northern Antiquities, pp. 88, 89.

[6] P. 89.

[7] P. 100.

[8] Mallet's Northern Antiquities, p. 103.

[9] The Prose Edda.

[10] Northern Antiquities: the Editor, T. A. Blackwell.