Tag: Charters

A Case of Clerical Diplomacy – King Æthelstan and the Church in York

By ThePostgradChronicles on April 30, 2018 • ( 9 Comments )

A man of no mean ambition, by 927 King Æthelstan found himself walking on untrodden ground, the ruler of much of what we would consider modern England. His grandfather, Alfred, had beaten […]

A Case of Clerical Fraud – King Æthelstan and Malmesbury Abbey

By ThePostgradChronicles on January 14, 2018 • ( 8 Comments )

The Norman Conquest changed the character of the English church. Anglo-Saxon clergy were ousted, churches and cathedrals began to be built on a much larger scale, the king wielded direct influence over […]

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Tag: Charters

A Case of Clerical Diplomacy – King Æthelstan and the Church in York

A Case of Clerical Fraud – King Æthelstan and Malmesbury Abbey

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