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• The Ealdormen and the Witenagemot
  on Feb 9, 2013 in Property Rights Medieval
  During the long fight with the Danes commanders were needed who could lead the forces of more than a single shire. Before the end of Eadred's reign there were ealdormen who ruled over many shires. One of them for instance, Æthelstan, Ealdorman of Ea...
• The Shire-moot
  on Feb 8, 2013 in Medieval Shires
  Whilst the hundred-moot decayed, the folk-moot continued to flourish under a new name, as the shire-moot. This moot was still attended by the freemen of the shire though the thegns were more numerous and the simple freemen less numerous than they ha...
• English Towns and Shires in the Middle Ages
  on Feb 5, 2013 in Medieval
  The towns had grown up in various ways. Some were of old Roman foundation, such as Lincoln and Gloucester. Others, like Nottingham and Bristol, had come into existence since the English settlement. Others again gathered round monasteries, like Bury S...
• The Hundred-moot and the Lord's Court
  on Feb 3, 2013 in Property Rights Medieval Justice System
  In another way the condition of the peasants was altered for the worse by the growth of the king's power. In former days land was held as 'folkland,' granted by the people at the original conquest, passing to the kinsmen of the holder if he died with...
• Conversion of Freemen into Serfs in Medieval England
  on Feb 2, 2013 in Serfs Medieval
  It is impossible to give a certain account of the changes which passed over the English freemen, but there can be little doubt that a process had been for some time going on which converted them into bondmen, and that this process was greatly acceler...
• Growth of the King's Power in the 10th Century
  on Jan 31, 2013 in Kings
  The long struggle with the Danes could not fail to leave its mark upon English society. The history of the changes which took place is difficult to trace; in the first place because our information is scanty, in the second because things happened in...
• The Cession of Lothian
  on Jan 15, 2013 in Scotland
  It is said that Eadgar was once rowed by six kings on the river Dee. The story, though probably untrue, sets forth his power not only over his own immediate subjects but over the whole island. His title of Peaceful shows that at least he lived on goo...
• Eadgar and Dunstan. 959—975
  on Jan 13, 2013 in English Kingdoms
  Eadgar was known as the Peaceful King. He had the advantage, which Eadwig had not, of having the Church on his side. He maintained order, with the help of Dunstan as his principal adviser. Not long after his accession Dunstan became Archbishop of Can...
• Eadwig's Marriage
  on Jan 11, 2013 in Kings Danes
  In its eagerness to set up a pure standard of morality, the Church had made rules against the marriage of even distant relations. Eadwig offended against these rules by marrying his kinswoman, Ælfgifu. A quarrel arose on this account between Dunstan...
• Abbot Dunstan and Archbishop Oda
  on Jan 9, 2013 in Church
  Dunstan in his boyhood had been attached to Eadmund's court, but he had been driven off by the rivalry of other youths. He was in no way fitted to be a warrior. He loved art and song, and preferred a book to a sword. For such youths there was no plac...

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