The Beginnings of English Society

abbot Aldhelm Alfred Alfred's already Anglo-Saxon Archbishop areas authority Bede bishop brought buildings called Canterbury carried century Christian Church common continued court cross Danish death Domesday ealdorman early East ecclesiastical eighth England English estates evidence example foreign gave Germanic gifts give given gold grant hand heathen held hides History hundred important included influence interest Kent king king's known land late later Latin laws letters lived London lord manuscripts matter mentioned Mercia missionaries monasteries North Northumbria oath origin paid period persons poem possessed priests probably produced received reeve reference reign Roman Rome royal Saxon says seems sent shillings ship slaves sometimes sources supply tenth century thane things tion took town translation various wergild Wessex writers York