The beginnings of English society

abbey abbot Aldfrith of Northumbria Aldhelm Anglo Anglo-Saxon Archbishop areas 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 Elfric England English estates Ethelbald of Mercia 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