Quotes About Medieval

after the conquest he received 300 of the island's 1,200 hides for the use of the Church.

Charles the Bald, however, insisted that his daughter should receive the full royal honours.

If we had to sum this new society up in a single word, we might describe it as feudal— but only if we were prepared for an outbreak of fainting fits among medieval historians. The

But Æthelstan was less fortunate in death than Cuthbert, and during the Reformation his remains were destroyed

William was a monk at Malmesbury and had evidently seen inside the king's tomb.

The conquest of the Isle of Wight,

all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had now accepted the faith of Christ.

Æthelwold wrote up their conclusions in a document known as the Regularis Concordia

Wilfrid did not go quietly. He protested to the bishops of other kingdoms

Cuthbert was consecrated in York as Hexham's new bishop.

monasteries should actively place themselves under the protection of the king and queen.

If we had to sum this new society up in a single word, we might describe it as feudal— but only if we were prepared for an outbreak of fainting fits among medieval historians.

Queen Ælfthryth 'should be the protectress and fearless guardian of the communities of nuns'.

The most celebrated of all these missionaries was Boniface.

But the Chronicle for Æthelred's reign was written after its disastrous conclusion,

says the annal for 924, 'King Edward died, and his son Æthelstan succeeded to the kingdom.

married Eadbald's sister, Æthelburh, for she, unlike her brother,

had remained a Christian.

was given a scarlet cloak, a jewelled belt, and a Saxon sword with a golden scabbard.

were now subject to the authority of a single secular ruler: the king of Mercia.

by 627 Eadwine was ready to take the plunge. At Easter that year

According to Bede, on one occasion Paulinus spent more than a month at Yeavering,

when Boniface says he had also heard that the king had stolen revenues from churches and monasteries,

He destroyed the pagans with great slaughter,' says Asser,