- In
later Anglo-Saxon England, 10th to 11th centuries, a
thegn (pronounced /θeɪn/) or
thane (or
thayn in
Shakespearean English) was an
aristocrat who owned...
-
Thane of
Cawdor is a
title in the
Peerage of Scotland. The
current 7th Earl Cawdor, of Clan
Campbell of Cawdor, is the 25th
Thane of Cawdor. In William...
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major beneficiary,
along with
Burton Abbey and Ælfhelm.
Morcar was a king's
thegn (Latin minister) in 1009 when King Æthelred the
Unready issued a charter...
- was
replaced with the word
thegn. In 1066,
there were an
estimated 5,000
thegns in England. Some of
these were "kings
thegns"
serving in the
royal household...
- "a
common person". Says Chadwick: we find that the
distinction between thegn and
ceorl is from the time of
Aethelstan the
broad line of
demarcation between...
- in
Sweden (U 990) from the
eleventh century: Veðr Weðr Weðr ok ok ok
Þegn Þegn Þegn ok ok ok
Gunnarr Gunnarr Gunnarr reistu ræistu
raistu stein stæin stain...
- Archbishop/aetheling 15,000 Bishop/ealdorman 8,000 Hold/high-reeve 4,000 M****-
thegn/secular
thegn 2,000
Prospering ceorl 2,000
Ceorl 200
Prospering Welshman 120s Non-prospering...
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Macbeth (/məkˈbɛθ/, full
title The
Tragedie of Macbeth) is a
tragedy by
William Shakespeare. It is
thought to have been
first performed in 1606. It dramatises...
-
Cyning (sovereign) Ætheling (prince)
Ealdorman (Earl) Hold / High-reeve
Thegn Thingmen /
housecarl (retainer)
Reeve /
Verderer (bailiff)
Churl (free tenant)...
-
Cyning (sovereign) Ætheling (prince)
Ealdorman (Earl) Hold / High-reeve
Thegn Thingmen /
housecarl (retainer)
Reeve /
Verderer (bailiff)
Churl (free tenant)...
