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After Edith of Wilton died (c.984), her canonization was a slow process, taking 13 years (slow for the time; canonization these days in the...

Ælfthryth was the first wife of a king of England ( Edgar the Peaceable ) to be crowned queen herself. She was the third woman (that we know...

Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset may be the best-known of English abbeys. Originally founded in 712 with the construction of a stone church, it...

Æthelwold was born about 910CE to a wealthy Winchester family. He served at the court of King Æthelstan (reigned 924-939), learning as much ...

Panel from Bayeaux Tapestry; Edward's body carried to Westminster. The Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster was begun on ...