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6 X 10.Long New.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71323-8 - A Social History of England, 900-1200 Edited by Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts Index More information Index Bishops and abbots are indexed under their institutions unless they figure in the text as significant political actors in their own right (e.g. Æthelwold, Dunstan, Thomas Becket etc.) Abingdon, 43, 120, 159, 227, 334, 337 court school, 357, 359 abbey, 42, 95, 376, 396 and education, 341–2, 345, 381 school at, 362 and English identity, 246, 390 Adrian IV, pope (1154–9), 231, 316, 353 and fortification, 188 Ælfric Bata laws of, 82, 91, 160, 405 Colloquy, 361, 367 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 3, 10, 43, 51, 83, 102, Ælfric of Eynsham, 81, 88, 266, 267, 269, 275, 104, 108, 126, 147, 159, 209, 241, 248, 288, 290, 294, 302, 306, 308, 318, 319, 345, 363, 368 331, 334, 345, 363, 365, 367, 368, 382, 403, Anjou, 5 406, 407 Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury Catholic Homilies, 307, 345, 350 (1093–1109), 285, 315, 316, 317 Colloquy, 32, 358–9, 365 Arabic texts and learning, 338, 356, 382, 389, 400 Lives of Saints, 347 astrology, 275 Æthelred, king of England (978–1016), 78, 102, archives, urban, 205 119, 120, 146, 148, 161, 190, 203, 214, 215, Arcoid, 318 219, 239, 241, 252, 304, 389 Miracles of St Earconwald (Miracula S. burghal policy, 161 Erkenwaldi), 318 laws of, 85, 91, 95, 139, 149, 185, 220, 238, 272, assarting, 36 304–6 Asser, biographer of King Alfred, 357, 362, Æthelstan, king of England (924–39), 80, 82, 363 137, 214, 231, 325, 388, 389 Augustinian order, 196, 258, 268, 271, 277–8, Eadgyth, sister of, 248 281, 284, 338, 340 household of, 363 laws of, 148, 160, 201, 270 Battle Abbey, 45, 200, 280 Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester (963–84), Battle Chronicle, 200 42, 225, 276, 313, 323, 331, 332, 355, 372 Bede, 3, 16, 56, 59, 156, 257, 277, 286, 342, 362, education, 363–4 381, 382, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388 relics of, 309 Bedford, 116, 158, 172, 189, 209 Aldhelm, 362, 381, 384, 385, 387, 388 Benedictine order, 191, 193, 268, 271, 278, 282, ale, 16, 17, 30, 47, 67, 115, 269, 302, 342, 387, 312, 314, 337, 340, 393, 397, 400 403, 404, 405, 407, 408 Benedictine reform, 7, 78, 195, 276, 333, 334, see also drinking; feasting and entertainment 335, 336, 345, 350, 361, 365, 387 Alfred of Beverley, 3 Benedictine Rule, 74, 276, 277, 313, 340 Alfred, king of Wessex (871–99), 5, 92, 124, 126, Benedictional of Æthelwold, 205 159, 163, 180, 243, 406 bishop-lists, 382 coinage of, 243 bishops and prelacy, 22, 41, 48, 75, 95, 170, 195, court of, 362–3 214, 265, 284, 287, 291–2, 297, 307–8, scholars at, 388 312, 317, 323, 337, 370, 406 446 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71323-8 - A Social History of England, 900-1200 Edited by Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts Index More information Index 447 and concubines, 139 Cambridge Songs, 404 consecration, 274 Canterbury, 74, 155, 159, 160, 174, 182, 190, as judges, 85 196, 201, 204, 333 and learning, 345, 350 archbishopric of, 396 pontificals, 296 archbishops of, 91, 304, 316, 333 preaching, 271, 367 Ælfheah (1006–12), 242, 317–18 as witnesses, 375 Æthelnoth (1020–38), 346 Blair, John, 21 Augustine (597–604×9), 265 Bracton, 96, 112 Baldwin of Forde (1184–90), 315 bread, 16, 17, 68, 69, 361 diocesan authority of, 316 bakehouse, 33 Oda (941–58), 211, 364 bakers, 118, 205, 263, 358, 365 Ralph d’Escures (1114–22), 350 during periods of fast, 272 Sigeric (990–4), 345 used in Mass, 268, 269, 289 Stigand (1052–70), 243 bridges and river-crossings, 150, 188–9, 224 Theobald (1139–61),352 building and repair of, 189 Theodore (668–90) Bristol, 96, 143, 169, 190, 193, 194, 196, 198, school of, 385 199, 206, 234 translation of, 332–3 Brittany, 58, 211, 214, 222, 324, 388 Canterbury Cathedral, 150, 195 Breton allies of Henry I, 128 pilgrimage to, 311, 312 Breton language, 381 shrine of Thomas Becket, 233 Breton pilgrims in England in tenth stained glass, 116 century, 324 cathedral priory, 402 contact with before 1066, 215 Christ Church, 334, 348, 350, 378, 393 counts of archive of, 377 son fostered at English court, 137 learning at, 387 intermarriage after 1066, 250 manuscripts from, 337, 346, 381 source of contingents in 1066, 240 monks of, 91, 302, 409 source of migrants after 1066, 223, 229, 249 penance of Henry II at, 328 Burghal Hidage, 127, 158, 159 rite at, 300, 303 and garrisoning, 127 school at, 362, 385, 386 guild at, 205 water systems at, 194 Bury St Edmunds, 193 St Augustine’s Abbey, 316, 323, 333, abbey, 323 350 benefactors of, 232 abbot Æthelsige, 225 cult of St Edmund at, 242, 324 manuscripts from, 404 estate survey of, 245 Carlisle, 174 law suit concerning, 374–6 ‘Mine of Carlisle’, 63, 65 as lord of the town, 204, 205 castle-boroughs, 168–9 manuscripts from, 397 castles, 62, 83, 114, 129, 167, 190, 281 tenant of, 133 clearance for, 148 abbots of construction, 229 Baldwin, 397 and deer parks, 51, 108 Leofstan, 397 gallows at, 149 Samson, 271, 308 and Jews, 197, 259–60 burgesses of, 118 and landscape, 98–9 Jews in, 257, 261 and markets, 185 monks of and oppression, 104, 108 Herman, 324 as refuge, 131 Walter the physician, 397 as residences, 36, 108, 223, 281 riots at, 259 royal, 188 Byrhtferth of Ramsey, 334, 363 and seigneurial power, 83, 86 siege, 130, 260 Cambridge, 105, 189, 191, 200, 283 toy castle, 125 Jews in, 263 urban, 190–1, 221 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71323-8 - A Social History of England, 900-1200 Edited by Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts Index More information 448 Index cereal production Svein Forkbeard, 232, 239, 390 and towns, 172 diet, 67–9 see also bread; mills and milling; ploughs and consumption of cereals, 17 ploughing; rye marine, 67–9, 404, 408 charity, 74 disease Chester, 159, 160, 166, 167, 172, 174, 186, 189, anaemia, 68–9, 74 191, 194, 195, 196, 229, 230, 325 cribra orbitalia, 69, 72 customs of, 223 dental, 69 earls of, 50 hypoplasia, 69 childbirth, 73–4 leprosy, 73 churches Domesday Book, 1, 7, 23, 39, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, private and manorial, 35, 103, 185, 303 53, 54, 59, 60, 62, 81, 86, 92, 96, 101, Cistercian order, 41, 277, 280, 281, 282, 284, 103, 104, 105, 109, 113, 114, 126, 143, 146, 315, 338, 339–40, 366, 404 148, 164, 165–7, 170–2, 176, 181, 185, patronage of, 281 186, 187, 190, 193, 199, 200, 201, 202, citizens and urban populations, 82, 198–207, 203, 210, 211, 221, 223, 225, 250, 253, 259, 261, 352 291, 376 Cnut, king of England (1016–35), 15, 148, 165, assessments antedating, 379 204, 210, 214, 216, 217, 221, 225, 241, drinking, 47, 269, 302, 387, 402, 403, 405 242, 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 325, 344, Droitwich, 60 345, 346, 363, 390 Dublin, 162, 164, 209, 230, 234 Cnut’s ‘Letter to the English of’, 1020, Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury (959–88), 345–6 42, 276, 357, 361, 364, 371–2, 381, 387, Danish followers of, 210, 221, 229, 250 388 laws of, 82, 89, 95, 134, 139, 149, 216, 220, Durham, 23, 167, 186, 203, 209, 251, 277, 325, 225, 226, 269, 279, 304 400 reign of, 126, 140 bishops of, 50, 55, 63 coinage and currency, 59, 65, 102, 160, 161, mines and mineral rights, 63 179, 181, 183, 184, 232, 242, 243, 256 Ranulf Flambard (1099–1128), 108, 139 copper, 59 Durham Castle, 168 courts, 103–4 Durham Cathedral, 168 hundred courts, 35, 79, 80, 185, 223, 224, confraternity book (Liber Vitae), 142, 375, 376 144–5, 147, 251 manorial courts, 34, 112, 199 manuscripts from, 337 private, 98 Kepyer’s Hospital, 197 royal, 75 shire courts, 80, 93, 116, 193, 223, 347–8, Eadwine Psalter, 348–9 374–6 Edgar, king of England (957/9–75), 78, 147, urban courts, 200 148, 193, 214, 216, 225, 238, 276, 325, crusades and crusading, 90, 132, 150, 169, 198, 327, 345, 363, 403 199, 205, 206, 227, 259, 286, 290, 328 currency reform of, 160, 179 First Crusade, 286 laws of, 148–9, 186, 218, 220, 238 Second Crusade, 198 Edith, queen of England, 140, 339, 356 Edith, Saint, 75 dairy produce and dairy production, 16, 17, Edith-Matilda, queen of England, daughter of 18, 33, 71 Malcolm III, 75, 253–4, 339, 349, 356 Danes, 5, 238, 250, 272 Edmund Ironside, king of England (1016), 204 payments of tribute to, 5 Edward I, king of England (1272–1307), 169 Dartmouth, 198, 199, 202, 205, 206, 207 Edward the Confessor, king of England David I, king of Scotland (1124–53), 61, 63, 169 (1042–66), 75, 103, 105, 190, 214, 224, steward of, 229 397 deer, 51, 55 death of, 10 roe deer, 17 laws of, 217 Denmark, 5, 209, 214, 221, 225, 227, 232 Laws of Edward the Confessor, (attributed to), kings of 83, 91, 257 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71323-8 - A Social History of England, 900-1200 Edited by Julia Crick and Elisabeth van Houts Index More information Index 449 legal authority of, 229 Gerald of Wales, 219, 240, 273, 274, 354, 390, Life of Edward, 140 402–3, 408 Norman settlement under, 229 Jewel of the Church, 269, 273 reign of, 36, 80 Gerefa, 34 time of, 216, 221 Germany, 56 translation of, 323–4 Cologne, 198, 233 Edward the Elder, king of Wessex (899–924), German migrants, 232 5, 159, 163, 183, 189, 243, 244, 406 Rhineland, 233 laws of, 79, 182 River Rhine, 62 reign of, 189, 191 Geþyncðo, 33 Edward the Martyr, king of England (975–8), Gilbert Foliot, see London, bishops of 363, 406 Glasgow, 230 Ely, Cambs., 44, 48 Glastonbury, 42, 333, 364 abbey Gloucester, 170, 172, 189, 190, 191, 195, 196, hagiography at, 332 205, 230, 261, 337 bishops of, 48, 50 St Oswald’s, 196 Emma of Normandy, queen of England, 242, gold, 104, 108, 131, 243 346, 390 gold
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