Murder In Anglo Saxon England
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Bloodfeud
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Author : Richard Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2004-09
Bloodfeud written by Richard Fletcher and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09 with Anglo-Saxons categories.
On a gusty March day in 1016, Earl Uhtred of Northumbria, the most powerful lord in northern England, arrived at a place called Wiheal, probably near Tadcaster in Yorkshire. Uhtred had come with forty men to submit formally to King Canute, an act that completed the Danish subjugation of England and the defeat of Ethelred the Unready, to whom Uhtred had been a loyal ally and subject. But, as Richard Fletcher recounts in the electrifying opening to Bloodfeud, "Treachery was afoot."
Murder In Anglo Saxon England
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Author : ANNIE. WHITEHEAD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-02-15
Murder In Anglo Saxon England written by ANNIE. WHITEHEAD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-15 with History categories.
'The raiding army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money... They pelted him there with bones and the heads of cattle.'
Dying And Death In Later Anglo Saxon England
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Author : Victoria Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2012
Dying And Death In Later Anglo Saxon England written by Victoria Thompson and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Study of late Anglo-Saxon texts and grave monuments illuminates contemporary attitudes towards dying and the dead. Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the Anglo-Saxon period; but death-bed and funerary practices have been comparatively and unjustly neglected by historical scholarship. In her wide-ranging analysis, Dr Thompson examines such practices in the context of confessional and penitential literature, wills, poetry, chronicles and homilies, to show that complex and ambiguous ideas about death were current at all levels of Anglo-Saxon society. Her study also takes in grave monuments, showing in particular how the Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture of the ninth to the eleventh centuries may indicate notonly the status, but also the religious and cultural alignment of those who commissioned and made them. Victoria Thompson is Lecturer in the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Ks3 History 4th Edition Invasion Plague And Murder Britain 1066 1558 Ebook 1
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Author : Aaron Wilkes
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
Release Date : 2021-10-07
Ks3 History 4th Edition Invasion Plague And Murder Britain 1066 1558 Ebook 1 written by Aaron Wilkes and has been published by Oxford University Press - Children this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-07 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The new fourth eBook edition of Invasion, Plague and Murder is Book 1 of the best-selling Oxford KS3 History by Aaron Wilkes series. It covers medieval and early Tudor British history, including Anglo-Saxon England, the Norman Conquest, England's relationship with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France, medicine and public health, religion and political power. This e-textbook introduces the history content and skills needed to support a coherent knowledge-rich curriculum, prepares students for success in Key Stage 3 History, and builds solid foundations for GCSE study: - Carefully designed content and assessments support student progression throughout the textbook series - Historical sources and interpretations are presented with clear provenances - Over to you activities for every lesson check students' knowledge and understanding, and are ramped in difficulty to build confidence - Step-by-step guidance on key History skills provides scaffolding to introduce students to the skills needed for further study - Literacy focus feature helps improve students' essay writing skills and grammar - Complete assessment support, including quick knowledge quizzes and exam-style assessments - This book retains Aaron Wilkes' unique and engaging style, shown in recent research to inspire and motivate young historians - Invasion, Plague and Murder Kerboodle: Lessons, Resources, Assessment offers a digital subscription packed full of customisable interactives, worksheets, animations and automarked assessments.
Murder At Elmstow Minster
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Author : Lindsay Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2021-03-28
Murder At Elmstow Minster written by Lindsay Jacob and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-28 with Fiction categories.
It is the 830s; a time of warring Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, declining monastic standards and outbursts of fear of divine retribution. Elmstow Minster – a community of nuns in the Kingdom of the East Angles – has been recently established to atone for the execution of a young prince. The minster is torn between two camps – pious nuns and those who have no intention of giving up their worldly ways. These ungodly women are supported by powerful, degenerate donors, who treat Elmstow as an aristocratic whoring nest. The abbess of Elmstow has been humiliated by the influence wielded over her minster by these rich patrons and plots revenge. Two naked bodies are discovered, hanged together. A young, introspective priest, Father Eadred, is sent to Elmstow to spy on the declining standards and against his wishes becomes entangled in the task of uncovering the guilty. He challenges the traditional approach of using an ordeal of hot iron to identify the culprits. Instead, he has the novel idea of exploring the evidence. He faces significant opposition, including an attempt on his life. Eadred is befriended by a hermit monk who becomes the only person with whom he can talk about his detection. Further murders will take place. As Eadred moves closer to the truth the situation is thrown into further disarray when the minster is attacked by the neighbouring kingdom. Can they be saved and the final culprit revealed?
Witness To Murder
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Author : R. Hyslop
language : en
Publisher: Cuthan Books
Release Date : 2015-10-10
Witness To Murder written by R. Hyslop and has been published by Cuthan Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-10 with Fiction categories.
979 England Ethelwulf, Thane of Arne, witnesses the murder of King Edward at Corfe & flees into hiding. He forms an outlaw band (including his cousins, Edwine & Morkere) while his mother raises money for his escape from England . Ethelwulf is denounced as the King’s murderer & hunted by the real killers (led by Haakon Skaathi) acting for Queen Elfrida. The regime tightens its grip as the outlaws battle vs. tragedy to escape the net. With extensive factual End-Notes Part 1 of a nine part series set in the 10th century Viking world. Here the background is an organised kingdom but a coup allows Law and Religion to be twisted by those in power.
Kingship Childhood And Martyrdom In Anglo Saxon England
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Author : P. A. Hayward
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Pub
Release Date : 2006-05-01
Kingship Childhood And Martyrdom In Anglo Saxon England written by P. A. Hayward and has been published by Brepols Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-01 with History categories.
This study comprises the first book-length study of the murdered royal saints of Anglo-Saxon England. Many Anglo-Saxon kings and princes succumbed to murder plots and a significant proportion of them were then sanctified as martyrs of the Christian Church. There are seventeen well-attested cults of this type (those of Saint Aethelberht of Hereford, Aethelred and Aethelberht of Ramsey, Alfred the Aetheling, Edward the Martyr, Kenelm, Oswine, and Wigstan), while scraps of evidence point to the existence of several more. Almost all the kingdoms of northern and eastern Europe produced cults of this type - all seem to have had at least one murdered king or prince who was venerated as a major saint. But the English cases are distinctive in that the hagiographical texts produced in support of the seven well-attested Anglo-Saxon cults share a similar approach to the events and phenomena they describe. These texts comprise a relatively coherent hagiographical tradition which distinguishes them from their Continental counterparts. Taking the seven well-attested cults as its core examples, this book offers a new explanation for the existence of these cults which can account for the peculiarities of the Anglo-Saxon hagiographical tradition, and in doing so it makes an important new contribution to the ongoing debate about the historical significance of cults of this type.
The Death Of Anglo Saxon England
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Author : N. J. Higham
language : en
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 1997
The Death Of Anglo Saxon England written by N. J. Higham and has been published by Alan Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Perhaps the best-known fact of English history is the Norman Conquest of 1066, which dispossessed the Anglo-Saxon royal house, marginalized English cultural values and began the near total exclusion of English figures from influence in the realm.
Anglo Saxon England
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Author : Frank M. Stenton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Release Date : 2001-06-07
Anglo Saxon England written by Frank M. Stenton and has been published by Oxford Paperbacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-07 with History categories.
This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman monarchy in 1087. Professor Stenton examines the development of English society, describes the chief phases in the history of the Anglo-Saxon Church, and studies the unification of Britain begun by the kings of Mercia, and completed by the kings of Wessex. The result is a fascinating insight into this period of English history.
The Sparrow And The Hall
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Author : Donald Mace Williams
language : en
Publisher: Bagwyn Books
Release Date : 2015-11-12
The Sparrow And The Hall written by Donald Mace Williams and has been published by Bagwyn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-12 with Farmers categories.
Edgar, the central figure of The Sparrow and the Hall, is a churl, working and raising his family on a small farm in extreme northeastern England during the seventh century. Though he can barely afford even a metal tip for his wooden plowshare, he looks upon life much as a typical modern American farmer does: with determination, acceptance, and good humor. He loves his wife and children, helps his neighbors, and, above all, is unswervingly loyal to Keelwolf, the heroic, elegant thane who virtually rules this part of Northumbria. This loyalty persists even though Edgar suspects for years that his bride, Gwenda, was seduced by Keelwolf. Along the way, Edgar goes through battles, a plague, loss of loved ones, and an ordeal by boiling water. Like everyone around him, he also undergoes the confusion caused by the changes of official religion -- from Christianity to paganism and back to Christianity -- ordered by a succession of kings. It is a turbulent time in Northumbria, but Edgar tends to his plowing and cocks an appreciative ear to the songs of the birds -- until circumstances put a knife in his hand and murder in his heart.