Anglo-Saxon England

abbey abbot Æthelberht Æthelred Æthelred II Alfred Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxon appears archbishop Athelstan authority battle Bede bishop Boniface borough Britain British Britons brought Canterbury centre Cenwulf charters Chronicle Cnut Cnut's council court Danelaw Danes Danish Danish army death documents Domesday Book ealdorman earl earldom early East Anglia ecclesiastical eighth century England English church Englishmen Ethelweard evidence fact Frankish Godwine Harold heathen Hwicce important invasion Irish Kent Kentish King Edward king of Wessex king's kingdom known land Lanfranc later Lindsey London lord manors Mercian midlands monastery monastic monks Norman Conquest Normandy northern Northumbrian Offa Offa's Old English origin peasant period place-names pope pre-Conquest probable province recorded regarded reign Roman Rome royal rulers Scandinavian seems settlement seventh century ships shire shows southern England survived Swein tenth century territory Thames thegns tion tradition Wessex West Saxon whole William Winchester Worcester York