Charter diplomatics and norms of landholding and lordship between the Humber and Forth, c.1066-c.1250
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Pro statu et incolumnitate regni mei: royal monastic patronage 1066–1154
Dangers to the cohesion of the Anglo-Norman regnum correlate to a marked extent with the fluctuating patronage extended by the Anglo-Norman kings towards Westminster Abbey, and other religious houses, in their search for one which would symbolize and enhance the stability of their dynasty. Westminster itself had royal connections from the outset. The original church of St Peter, on Thorney Island in the Thames, to the west of London, was founded by Saebert, king of the East Saxons, and his wife Ethelgoda.’ The couple were allegedly buried there early in the seventh century, but it was some four hundred and fifty years before further royal burials took place in St Peter’s The church was restored by Offa of Essex in the early years of the eighth century, and c959 king Edgar sold it to Dunstan, who founded a monastery on the site. Edgar gave several manors to this abbey, and Aethelred II gave or confirmed others. Less exalted donors followed suit, and the house was already fairly prosperous when Harold I Harefoot was buried there in 1040. His successor and half-brother Harthacnut, is said to have had his body thrown out.
The Irish Identity of the Kingdom of the Scots in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Part 1 The Scottish origin-legend in John of Fordun's "Chronica Gentis Scottorum" - prospects and problems: the quest for the sources of Fordun's account of Scottish origins the need for a new edition of Fordun's "Chronica" manuscripts of Fordun's "Chronica" editorial problems and principles. Part 2 The Scottish origin-legend in John of Fordun's "Chronica Gentis Scottorum - edited extracts. Part 3 The Scottish origin-legend in John of Fordun's "Chronica Gentis Scottorum" - analysis: the Scottish origin-legend in Fordun's "Chronica" as far as the taking of Ireland the settlement of "Scoti" in Scotland Fordun's source for his account of Scottish origins reconstructing the "Eber" and "Partholon" accounts as far as the settlement of "Scoti" in Ireland the vision of Ireland in the "Partholon" account. Part 4 Accounts of Scottish origins in Thomas Grey's "Scalacronica" and Andrew of Wyntoun's "Original Chronicle": the Scottish chronicle inserted into Grey's "Scalacronica" Grey's account of Scottish origins and Fordun's passages attributed to "Legenda Sancti Brandani" Grey's account of Scottish origins and Fordun's passages attributed to "Legenda Sancti Congalli" an origin-legend plus king-list text written 1292x1304 Wyntoun's accounts of Scottish origins other witnesses of the origin-legend plus king-list text. Part 5 Accounts of Scottish origins 1214-1306: the role of Ireland in lost accounts of Scottish origins attested by Fordun, Grey and Wyntoun the date and provenance of lost accounts of Scottish origins attested by Fordun, Grey and Wyntoun the "Eber" account and its source the vision of Ireland in the "Eber" account accounts of Scottish origins in the first war of independence the account of Scottish origins in "Liber Extrauagans" attached to Bower's "Scotichronicon" summary of accounts of Scottish origins, 1214-1306, and their identification of the Scottish kingship with Ireland. Part 6 Scottish king-lists 1093-1214: Marjorie Anderson's X-group of regnal lists Anderson's Y-group of regnal lists beginning with Cinaed mac Alpin Anderson's Y-group regnal lists which include kings of Dal Riata the addition of the Dal Riata regnal list (1165x1214) Anderson's discussion of Scottish regnal lists 1094-1214. Part 7 Royal history and the legitimation of the Scottish kingship c950-1249: Scottish regnal lists c950-1093 Cinaed mac Alpin as founder of the Scottish kingship 12th- and 13th-century texts of the genealogy of the kings of Scots the significance of the royal genealogy. Part 8 From Irish identity to a Scottish nation.