The Beginnings of English Society

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