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Vor 4 Tagen · In 655, however, Northumbria, under King Oswiu, prevailed; in fact, at the Battle of Winwaed, Penda himself was killed. Penda's sons carried on their father's legacy, to greater and lesser degrees, and Mercia was, at turns, beholden to Northumbria and independent.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group that inhabited much of what is now England in the Early Middle Ages, and spoke Old English. They traced their origins to Germanic settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century.
Vor 20 Stunden · e. England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...
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- The Cathedral.
- St. Chad's Shrine.
- Side altars.
- Buriala and Monuments.
- Plate.
- Bells.
- Organs.
- Clocks and Sundial.
- Books and Archives.
The cathedral church ofSt. Mary and St. Chad, built of dark red sandstone, comprises a Lady Chapel of three bayswith a three-sided east end, an aisled choir ofeight bays, a central tower and spire, north andsouth transepts each of two bays, an aisled naveof eight bays, and two west towers with spires. (fn. 1)A two-storeyed building, formerly a chap...
Bede described the saint'sshrine as a wooden coffin in the shape of a littlehouse, with an aperture in its side throughwhich pilgrims could put their hands to take outsome of the dust. (fn. 76) In the Norman cathedral theshrine probably stood behind the high altar, inthe apse of the presbytery. A light was maintained before it in the later 12th cen...
St. Mary's altar was recorded inthe early 1220s. (fn. 84) Statutes of 1241 mention fivechaplains serving the cathedral's principal altars. (fn. 85) Those altars probably included the fourat the east end of the choir before the construction of the Lady Chapel; the fifth may have beenthe high altar, or else St. Chad's altar which isknown to have been...
Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp (d. 1208) was the first post-Conquestbishop to be buried in the cathedral. (fn. 97) Thesite is unknown. Of his successors WilliamCornhill (d. 1223) was buried in the south choiraisle (fn. 98) and Hugh Pattishall (d. 1241) in the northtransept before the altar of St. Stephen. (fn. 99) BothRoger Weseham (d. 1257) and Roger Me...
Inventories of 1345 and 1445 list thecathedral's plate, as well as vestments and otherliturgical artefacts, often with a note of theirdonors. (fn. 117) In 1549 the dean and chapter dividedsurplus plate among themselves, and what remained was mostly seized by the Crown in 1553.Replacements were acquired during Mary I'sreign and later, but their seiz...
A scheme for ringing the cathedral bellswas included in Bishop Nonant's statutes of c.1190. It mentioned at least two great bells, aswell as a 'sweet bell' and its 'companion', presumably bells with a light timbre. A reference tothe smallest bell 'in the church' may suggest thatthe others were in an external bell tower. (fn. 119) There was a belfry...
In 1482 Dean Heywood gave a 'greatorgan' to be placed on the choir screen. (fn. 129) In1639 Robert Dallam agreed to build an organ,which, if built, was presumably destroyed ordismantled during the Civil War. (fn. 130) At the Restoration Bishop Hacket commissioned a neworgan from Bernard Smith, evidently completedin 1669. It was known as 'the Ladies...
There was a cathedralclock in 1401 when a keeper was appointed bythe chapter at 20s. a year. (fn. 134) A keeper was stillemployed in the late 16th century. (fn. 135) The clockmay then have been in the south-west tower,where it evidently was in the earlier 17th century. (fn. 136) There was a clock on the west front of thesouth-west tower in the late...
A brick library was builtbeside the north transept in the late 15thcentury. (fn. 141) Its small manuscript collection wascatalogued in 1622. (fn. 142) When the Close was surrendered to parliamentarian forces in 1646, theterms of surrender stipulated that the library'scontents were to be preserved. (fn. 143) None the lessthey were dispersed, and in ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Roman troops were garrisoned at York for more than 300 years but little is known of the history of the city during that period, partly because systematic and extensive excavation is impossible and partly because the city is so infrequently mentioned in early writings.
Vor 2 Tagen · Edward had married his third wife, Eadgifu, by at least 920, because we know that their firstborn, a son, was born in 921. Eadgifu had another son by Edward, and two daughters, called Eadburh and Eadgifu.
