10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEGNLY»
Discover the use of
thegnly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thegnly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early ...
pontificates are not represented in Christ Church's extant archives: so, if these
transactions were ever commemorated in writing, they were not preserved.23 It
also looks as if the bulk of the thegnly benefactions (many of which would have ...
2
The World Before Domesday: The English Aristocracy 900-1066
It is possible, for instance, that not all the 'king's household retainers' in Berkshire
were of thegnly rank; some may have been free men, who because of their
service to the king owed a thegnly wergeld.47 The heriot codes do not specify ...
3
Beyond the Burghal Hidage: Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence in the ...
These identifications rely on an understanding of the attributes of thegnly status
as outlined in the Promotion Law (Geþyncðo), a late Anglo-Saxon legal
document specifying the ways in which to elevate one's rank. The Geþyncðo
states that, ...
John Baker, Stuart Brookes, 2013
Wennington and Burwell come close to the ideal thegnly residence described in
the eleventh-century tract Gebyncdo (the so-called 'promotion law'). It occurs in
the passage relating how a ceorl may thrive to thegnhood:14 And if a ceorl ...
5
On Fairness and Efficiency: The Privatisation of the Public ...
The king himself held vast tracts of land, having seized many royal estates in
Mercia and East Anglia. Then there were the great thegnly families holding land
charters from the king: ecclesiastics and lay lords. Land grants indicate that in the
...
6
Land and Book: Literature and Land Tenure in Anglo-Saxon England
The term ceorl indicates a broad category of men below the status of thegn who
are 'best described as non-noble free men, who might, by the favour of their lords,
advance their fortunes and acquire thegnly status' (Williams, 'Bell-house and a ...
Scott Thompson Smith, 2012
7
Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History ...
We may have thegns who are nobody's thegns, or else we may have persons
entitled to the thegnly wergild who yet are not thegns. What is more, since the law
which regulates the inheritance of land does not favour the first-born, we may ...
8
The English and Their Legacy, 900-1200: Essays in Honour of ...
meet the sWarts: traCing a thegnly Family in late anglo-saxon england1 lucy
marten few today would agree with Thomas carlyle that 'the history of the world is
but the Biography of great men', but the nature of the surviving source material
from ...
9
Fortifications in Wessex c. 800-1066
The survival of stone towers has led to the identification of 'thegnly residences',
dating from the 10th and llth centuries. A number of these survive with the
addition of later church buildings in parts of England. While the assumption that a
...
10
The Anglo-Saxon Age C.400-1042
The thegnly class provided valuable contacts between the king and the local
communities and In innumerable ways the effective operation of local
government depended on their activities. The greatest among them might be
found at times in ...
