10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EALDORMEN»
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ealdormen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England
ealdormen inherited many of the regalian rights of the subkings and provincial
kings whom they had succeeded.87 Above all the armies of the provinces served
under their ealdormen and would give their loyalty in the first instance to them.88
...
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Anglo-Saxon
Ealdormen: Uhtred, Wulfric Spot, Ælfhere, ...
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Books, LLC, General Books LLC,
2010
3
Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon ...
Of the twenty-five ealdormen who served under Alfred, perhaps as many as
fifteen previously witnessed charters in the capacity of king's thegns. King /
Ethelwulf's ealdormen enjoyed higher dignity than all other nobles, and it is not
unusual to ...
4
The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume II: 871-1216
By the time of fEthelstan, as the authority of the kings of Wessex extended
through England, ealdormen's districts appear to have grown larger, with no
more than fifteen ealdormen attesting any single royal charter. Some major
ealdormen ...
5
The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 871-1216
By the time of fEthelstan, as the authority of the kings of Wessex extended
through England, ealdormen's districts appear to have grown larger, with no
more than fifteen ealdormen attesting any single royal charter. Some major
ealdormen ...
John Hamilton Baker,
2003
6
The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The ...
EALDORMEN AND KINGS. The description of the oldest Teutonic constitution
given by Caesar (Bell. Gall. vi. 23) tells us, “ ln pace, nullus est communis
magistratus; sed principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt.” This
seems to ...
Edward Augustus Freeman,
1873
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Articles on Earls and
Ealdormen of East Anglia, Including: ...
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Hephaestus Books, Hephaestus Books,
2011
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The Constitutional History of England, in Its Origin and ...
appears in the early charters; he is probably the hcah-gcrefa or high-steward of
the household ' ; the ealdormen appear under fnlzggz the variable title of
princeps or dux, applied indiscriminately: now and then the name of an abbot
follows ...
9
The Image of Aristocracy: In Britain, 1000-1300
ANGLO-SAXON EALDORMEN AND EARLS The word 'eorl', from which we get
the modern 'earl', first acquired the cachet of rank in English society in the course
of the tenth century. It was eventually to replace an older, and long-established ...
10
Edgar, King of the English, 959-975: New Interpretations
A point to note is that the two most important ealdormen by 962–3 (going by their
charter attestations) were the royal kinsmen Ælfhere and Ælfheah. The
allegiances of some ealdormen in the early 960s (Æthelmund, Æthelstan 'Rota'
and ...
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Andover History and Archaeology Society—The Dacre Lecture 2015
After the recent deaths of the other ealdormen, Æthelweard was now the senior in the south. Olaf had previously been baptized (in Scandinavia ... «Andover Advertiser, May 15»