The Beginnings of English Society"Does not set out to given an account of Anglo-Saxon political history, but to assemble from various sources what can be learnt about the ways of life of the English between their settlement in Britain in the middle of the fifth century and their conquest by the Normans in 1066."--Preface. |
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abbey abbot Ælfric Æthelbald of Mercia Aldhelm Anglo Anglo-Saxon Archbishop areas battle of Maldon Bede Bede's Benedict Biscop Beowulf bishop Boniface boroughs called Canterbury chapter Christian Chronicle Church churl Cnut continental court cross Danelaw Danes Danish death Domesday Book ealdorman earl early East Anglia ecclesiastical eighth century eleventh century England English estates Ethelred Ethelred the Unready evidence foreign Frank Stenton Frankish Frisian Germanic gifts gold heathen hides of land Irish Kent Kentish kindred King Alfred King Alfred's King Athelstan king's reeve kingdom later Latin laws Lindisfarne London lord lord's manuscripts mentioned Mercia Minster missionaries monasteries monastic monks ninth normally North Northumbria oath Offa paid poem poet poetry possessed priests probably prose reign religious Roman Rome royal Saxon period Scandinavian settlement shillings ship shire slaves sometimes survived tenth century thane tion Viking wergild Wessex West Saxon Winchester Worcester writers Wulfstan York