Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-73908-5 - Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600–900 Sarah Foot Index More information Index Aachen, council at in 816/17 13(n29), 35, 42, 45, Æthelbald, king of the Mercians 91, 92, 127, 60 128, 131(n241), 188, 243, 245, 326 Abba, Kentish reeve, will of 136(n269), 150, 164, Æthelberht, bishop of Hexham 292 317 Æthelberht, king of Kent 62, 77, 89 abbesses 39, 71, 139, 151, 166, 306 baptism of 62, 297--8 Abbo of Fleury 116 Æthelburh, abbess of Brie 150 abbots 39, 43, 46, 71, 82, 131, 166, 170, 185, Æthelburh, abbess of Ely 167 289 Æthelburh, daughter of comes Alfred and abbess and postulants 155, 163 of Fladbury, Twyning and Withington 95, appointment of 55, 132, 274 206, 279, 318 election of 167--8 Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred 83, 324 laymen as 58, 128, 130, 132, 159, 169 Æthelgifu, daughter of King Alfred 83, 164, priests as 176--9, 265, 272 317 Abingdon, Oxon. 13, 75, 128, 237 Æthelheah, abbot of Icanho 277 Acca, abbot and bishop of Hexham 203, 259 Æthelheard, archbishop of Canterbury 61, 134 ad Repingas 268, 272, 275 Æthelhild, abbess 106, 108 Adamnan, abbot 159 minster of 108, 181, 310, 325--6 Admonitio generalis 60, 161 Æthelred ‘the Unready’ 330 Æbba, mother of St Leoba 143 Æthelred, ealdorman of the Mercians 83, 324 Æbbe, abbess of Coldingham 325 Æthelred, king of the Mercians 264, 272--3, 275 Ædde and Æona, singers 203 Æthelric, son of ealdorman Æthelmund 84, 316 Aedeluald, bishop of Lichfield 209 Æthelstan, king of the West Saxons 12, 120, Ælberht, archbishop of York 229, 346 242, 327, 330--1 Ælfflæd, daughter of Oswiu, abbess of Æthelthryth, abbess and correspondent of Whitby 83, 84, 89, 143, 164, 165, 167, 179, Alcuin 318 236, 255(n15), 278, 310, 328 Æthelthryth, abbess of Ely 149, 161, 163, 204, Ælfric of Eynsham 21 213, 215, 235, 278, 309 Ælfric Bata 241--2 Æthelwealh, king of the South Saxons 89 Ælfthryth, daughter of King Alfred 83 Æthelwold, abbot of Abingdon, bishop of Ælfwine, dean of New Minster 209 Winchester 13--19, 25, 75, 134, 137, 237, Ælfwold, king of the East Angles 197, 254 336, 345, 346, 348--9 Æsica, boy at Barking 145, 184 translation of RSB 14--16 Æthelbald, abbot of Wearmouth and Wulfstan of Winchester’s Life of 17, 75, 237 Jarrow 254, 345 Æthelwold, testator 331 389 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-73908-5 - Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600–900 Sarah Foot Index More information Index Æthelwulf, De abbatibus 82, 101, 143, 163, 186, Bectun, abbot 92 190, 199, 206, 320 Bede 3, 10--11, 18, 19, 26, 50, 55, 68, 71, 88--9, minster in 122, 168, 181, 184, 201, 203, 221, 142, 165, 169, 184, 190--1, 198, 205--6, 232, 223, 235, 282 258, 286--7, 291--2, 297--8, 301, 317, 318, 334, Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons 339 341, 346 Ætla, bishop of Dorcester 255 devotion to monastic office 193, 202 Agatho, pope 133 Lives of St Cuthbert 24, 65, 99, 200, 204, 235, Agilbert, bishop of the West Saxons 55(n86) 310--11 Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne 22, 65--6, 89, 112, Historia abbatum 55, 118, 186, 202, 314 116, 150, 163, 295, 296, 334 Historia ecclesiastica 11, 17, 18, 20--5, 54, 62, Alban, saint 322 65--6, 90, 101, 114, 119 Alchfrith, anchorite 209 letter to bishop Ecgberht of York 17, 23, 25, Alcuin 56, 60, 86, 142, 145, 161, 197, 201, 206, 58(n103), 66, 86, 91--2, 128--30, 135, 149, 169, 227, 228, 233--4, 238, 239, 240, 241, 254, 205, 226--7, 232, 238, 241, 245, 291, 295--6, 283, 292, 318, 325, 344, 345 302, 334, 346 York poem 4(n10), 190, 229 Begu, sister at Hackness 192 Aldfrith, king of the Northumbrians 148, 164 Benedict Biscop 22, 54--6, 58, 70--1, 90, 108, 119, Aldhelm 57, 114, 147--9, 158(n103), 170, 191--2, 125, 133, 135, 147, 162, 168, 186, 196, 201, 199, 201, 203, 230--1, 233--4, 256, 261, 279, 203, 224, 253, 314, 329, 341 328, 341 Benedict of Aniane 60 De virginitate 161, 230 Beornthryth, wife of ealdorman Oswulf 94 Alfred, ealdorman of Surrey 84 Berhtwald, archbishop of Canterbury 264 Alfred, king of the West Saxons 25, 83, 128, 136, Berhtwald, nephew of King Æthelred of 164, 306, 320, 327, 331, 340--1, 342, 343--5 Mercia 260 Alhfrith, abbot of Ripon 255 Berhtwulf, king of the Mercians 273 Alhfrith, sub-king of Deira 81, 91 Berkeley, Gloucs. 125 alms-giving 61, 121, 124, 164--6, 286, 305, 317--21 Bermondsey, Surrey 133, 268, 274, 275 Alric, ealdorman 147 Berta, abbess of Bath 85 Ancarig see Thorney Bewcastle cross 225 Anna,kingoftheEastAngles277 Bibury, Gloucs. 94, 125(n222) Anthony, St 44, 162 Billfrith, anchorite 219 apostles, first community in Jerusalem 16, 63, Birinus, bishop of the West Saxons 89 87, 163--4 bishops 90, 151, 166, 182, 237, 254, 289, 325, archdeacons 61 340, 343, 344 Armagh 265 and postulants 155, 163 asceticism 7, 39--40, 43, 64, 235 and appointment of abbots 132--3, 168, 274 Asser, Life of King Alfred 99, 320, 340, 344 and pastoral care 290--1, 294, 295--6, 298, Athelney, Somerset 136, 340, 342 301--2, 306, 333 Augustine of Canterbury 14, 20, 24, 51--2, 62--5, and regulation of communal life 59, 60, 68, 77, 79, 227, 292, 322, 345 130--4, 176, 187, 274, 346 Augustine of Hippo 57, 216, 317 drunkenness and 238--9 De opere monachorum 211 Bishop’s Waltham, Hants. 163 Aurelian of Arles 144, 196 Blair, John 27--8, 288--90, 341 Austerfield, council of in 704 132(n244) Boisil, prior of Melrose 163, 166 Aylesbury, Bucks. 99, 101 Boniface 47, 60, 70, 91, 116, 122, 124, 125, 128, 130, 131(n241), 141(n17), 146, 160(n113), Bamburgh, Northumb. 77--8, 112 161--2, 171, 197, 206, 213, 214, 216, 218, 227, Bampton, Oxon. 111 231, 232, 238--9, 243, 245, 254, 292, 297, 341 baptism 40, 85, 121, 272, 297--302, 344 childhood and youth of, as Wynfrith 57, 140, baptismal churches 111, 121, 299 143--4, 152, 154, 163, 170, 229, 255, 293, 324 Bardney, Lincs. 275, 323--4 Bosa, bishop of York 190, 254 Barking, Essex 9, 23, 81, 106--8, 111, 145, 146, Bosham, Sussex 77, 164, 296 147, 181, 184, 204, 225, 228, 229, 230, 253, Botulf, founder of Icanho 276--7 310, 311, 315 Botwulf, abbot in East Anglia 58 Barrow, Lincs. 23, 260 Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts. 114, 252, 256, 279--81, Basil, bishop of Caesarea, d. 379 53, 58, 144 328 390 Bath, Somerset 85 Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex 85, 101, 286 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-73908-5 - Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600–900 Sarah Foot Index More information Index Brandon, Suffolk 97, 99, 106, 118, 225 charity 211, 318--21, 332 goldplaquefrom221 Charlemagne 60, 145, 161 Bredon, Worcs. 95 chastity 160, 244 Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leics. 99, 101, 268, 270--5, Chelsea, council at, 816 126, 132, 168, 182, 276, 280, 333 298 Brihtric, king of the West Saxons 314 Chertsey, Surrey 81, 84, 253 Brihtwold, abbot of Reculver 328 Chester, Cheshire 324 Brixworth, Northants. 268, 275 Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham 110, 116 Bugga, abbess of West Saxon minster 191, 201, children 83, 108, 140--6, 184 203--4 adolescents 144, 146 Bugga, correspondent of Boniface 47, 216 infants 141, 145 Bugge, daughter of Dunne 151 child-oblation 141--4, 154, 164 burial 80, 85, 97, 121, 312--18, 322 educated in cloister 145--6, 174, 184, 228 gifts for 84, 316 Chrodegang of Metz, rule for canons 59--60, 61 payment for 94, 317, 330--1 churches 110--17 building-materials for 79, 96--110, 111--17, 224, Cædmon, poet 122, 126, 179(n215), 180--1, 240 313 Cælin, praepositus at Ripon 210 dedication of 79--80 Caesarius of Arles decoration of 224 Rule for nuns 3, 57, 144, 154(n81), 162(n123), groups of 111--13 165(n145), 171, 196, 216, 226 in landscape 77--8, 120 Caistor-by-Norwich, Norfolk 111 church-scot 94, 330 canonici 59 clergy 66, 68, 289, 296, 299, 311, 316, 332--3 canonical life 60 minor orders 203, 204 Canons of Edgar 313 wandering clergy 47, 152, 169, 170--1, 293, Canterbury, Kent 19, 20, 24, 151(n72), 281 303--4 Christ Church cathedral community 61--3, clerici 8, 17, 19, 67, 68, 155, 162, 174, 321 65--6, 68, 77, 84, 89, 94, 123, 127, 133, 174, Clofesho, council at, 747 58--9, 123, 130--2, 155, 176, 178, 229, 286, 292, 319--20 162, 168, 176, 182, 187, 197, 206, 227, 228, St Augustine’s (minster of Sts Peter and 239, 241, 290, 293, 295--6, 298, 302--3, 305, Paul) 65, 80(n22), 85, 95(n97), 111, 133, 178, 320, 334 206, 299, 314, 327 council at, 803 58, 124, 132, 132(n244) school of Theodore and Hadrian at 230, 232, Coengils, abbot of Glastonbury 254 255 Coenwulf, king of the Mercians 124, 127, 134 Carlisle, Cumbria 163, 326 Coldingham, Borders 23, 78, 165, 199, 204, Carolingian ecclesiastical reform 60, 342 325 Cassian 34, 53, 130, 153, 202, 216, 234 Adomnan’s vision of 119, 161, 216, 240, 244 Monastic Institutes 41, 53, 195, 211 buildings at 117, 119 cathedrals 139, 176, 343 Columba 265, 281 communities in 5, 18, 22, 89, 240, 241 Columbanus 267 rules for organising 61--9 monasteries associated with 52--4, 57, 108, Cedd, bishop of the East Saxons 85, 99, 168, 263, 267--8, 281 292, 314 Rule for monks 1, 34, 52--3, 57, 87(n56), cemeteries 121, 312--16 144(n34), 153, 196, 212, 216, 234, 267 Cenred, father of King Ine of Wessex 92 confession 304--7, 312 Cenred, king of the Mercians 306 confirmation 297 Ceolfrith, abbot of Wearmouth--Jarrow 3, 54, 56, Constantine, pope 274 58, 111, 119, 138, 142, 157, 159--60, 161, 167, contemplation 6, 11, 189, 208--10 169, 172, 202, 208, 214, 215, 218, 235, 276, and action, tension between 63, 65, 208, 210, 319 284--5, 333--4 anon.