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Æthelstan Ætheling
̠thelstan ̠theling (; early or mid 980s Р25 June 1014) was the eldest son of King ̠thelred the Unready by his first wife ̠lfgifu of York, ̠lfgifu, and was the heir apparent to the kingdom until his death. He is first mentioned as a witness to a charter of his father in 993. He probably spent part of his childhood at ̠thelingadene, Dean in west Sussex, and his paternal grandmother ̠lfthryth, wife of Edgar, ̠lfthryth may have played an important part in his upbringing. Almost nothing is known of his life, although he seems to have formed a friendship with Sigeferth (died 1015), Sigeforth and Morcar (thegn), Morcar, two of the leading thegns of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw, Five Boroughs of the East Midlands. In December 1013 the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard, Sweyn conquered England and King ̠thelred was forced into exile in Normandy, but he returned following Sweyn's death in February 1014. It is not known what became of ̠thelstan and his surviving full brothers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Old Minster, Winchester
The Old Minster was the Anglo-Saxon cathedral for the English diocese of Wessex and then Winchester from 660 to 1093. It stood on a site immediately north of and partially beneath its successor, Winchester Cathedral. Some sources say that the minster was constructed in 648 for King Cenwalh of Wessex as the church of St Peter and St Paul, though such sources are late and unreliable. More likely it was built to be the cathedral for the first bishop of Winchester, the Saxon Bishop Wine, when the West Saxon bishopric was transferred from Dorchester-on-Thames. It was enlarged and redecorated over the years and Saint Swithun was buried outside it in 862. By the 10th century, the Minster was the priory church of St. Swithun's Priory, a community of monks living under the rule of St Benedict. In 901, the New Minster was built next to it, so close that the singing of the monks inside each is said to have become hopelessly intermingled with the other. Saint Æthelwold of Winche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
