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Our picture is skewed towards those that regard land, particularly in the earlier period. Land charters can further be subdivided into royal charters, or diplomas, and private charters (donations by figures other than the king). Over a thousand Anglo-Saxon charters are extant today, as a result of being maintained in the archives of religious ...
Cartularium Saxonicum is a three-volume collection of Anglo-Saxon charters published from 1885 to 1893 [2] by Walter de Gray Birch (1842–1924), then working in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library. The most recent edition was released on May 24, 2012, by Cambridge University Press. [3]
The first section, traditionally titled the Liber Wigorniensis, is a collection of Anglo-Saxon charters and other land records, most of which are organized geographically. The second section, Hemming's Cartulary proper, combines charters and other land records with a narrative of deprivation of property owned by the church of Worcester.
The Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici is a collection of documents from the Anglo-Saxon period preserved in manuscripts held by various libraries in England. [1] Published in six volumes between 1839 and 1848, this was the first collected edition of the surviving corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters .
Studies suggest a pattern of typically peaceful co-existence, with the structure of the Romano-British landscape being maintained, and with the Saxon settlers believed to have been in the minority. [11] The kingdom of Essex grew by the absorption of smaller subkingdoms [12] or Saxon tribal groups. There are a number of suggestions for the ...
A map of places named in the Burghal Hidage. The Burghal Hidage (/ ˈ b ɜːr ɡ əl ˈ h aɪ d ɪ dʒ /) is an Anglo-Saxon document providing a list of over thirty fortified places (), the majority being in the ancient Kingdom of Wessex, and the taxes (recorded as numbers of hides) assigned for their maintenance. [1]
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Cartularium Saxonicum: A Collection of Charters Relating to Anglo-Saxon History. Vol. (3 vols). Walter de Gray Birch (1902). A History of Neath Abbey. Walter de Gray Birch. History of the Scottish Seals. Vol. (2 vols). Walter de Gray Birch. Domesday Book: A popular account of the Exchequer Manuscript so called. Vol. (2 vols).