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Vor 3 Tagen · Under Æthelberht‘s rule, Kent became a center of learning and culture, with the establishment of a scriptorium at Canterbury where many important religious texts were produced (Yorke, 2006). The laws of Kent, codified during Æthelberht‘s reign, provide valuable insights into early Anglo-Saxon legal customs and social structure (Oliver, 2002).
Vor einem Tag · King Æthelberht converted to Christianity and allowed the missionaries to preach freely, giving them land to found a monastery outside the city walls. Augustine was consecrated as a bishop and converted many of the king’s subjects, including thousands during a mass baptism on Christmas Day in 597. Pope Gregory sent more missionaries in 601 ...
Vor einem Tag · Osburh. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c.849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
Vor einem Tag · The missionaries landed near Ebbsfleet in the Isle of Thanet in eastern Kent and were welcomed by King St. Æthelberht (24th February) who, though married to the Christian Bertha of France, was still a pagan. St. Augustine and his monks based their mission at the ancient church of St. Martin in Canterbury, which had been built during the Roman occupation of Britain, and where Bertha frequently ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Explores English legal culture and practice across the Anglo-Saxon period, beginning with the essentially pre-Christian laws enshrined in writing by King Æthelberht of Kent in c. 600 and working forward to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Vor 5 Tagen · The commercial fame of London dates from the early days of Roman dominion. The English conquest may have caused a temporary interruption, but it was only temporary. As early as the days of Æthelberht the commerce of London was again renowned. Ælfred had rescued the city from the Dane; he had built a citadel for her defence, the germ of that ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Quite early in the history of the school, the precise location of which is unknown, the archbishop assigned much of the teaching to his kinsman Æthelberht, to whom the formation of the great library was primarily due.
