Book 2, Chapter 7, Alfred’s Children from 901 AD to 955 – Archbishop Dunstan and the Clergy

Saxon Chronicle.

Gale’s Augl. Script.

 Fosbroke’s Monachism.

Southey’s Book of the Church.

Turner’s Anglo-Saxons.

Lingard’s Anglo-Saxon Church.

Chapter 8, Edwy the Fair

Edwy

Origin of Anglo Saxon Surnames

Conflicting Testimony Concerning Edwy

Incident on His Coronation Day

Treatment of Elgiva

Edgar the Pacific

Chapter 8, Origin of Monasteries in England

Introduction of Celibacy

Their Rules and Practice

The Benedictines

Chapter 8, Dunstan

Sketch of Dunstan

His Alleged Visions and Miracles

Becomes Abbot, Bishop and Archbishop

Chapter 8, Archbishop Dunstan and the Clergy

His Character and Policy

Aided by Bishops Oswald and Ethelwald

The Secular Clergy Supplanted by the Monks

King Edgar’s Private Life

The Worth of the Eulogies Pronounced on Him by the Monks

The Canons of Edgar

His Position Among the Anglo-Saxon Kings

Policy Towards the Danes of Northumbria

Authorities

Chapter 9 coming soon, so check back later.

Categories: Book 2