Anglo-Saxon nobility

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Anglo-Saxon nobility comprised the hereditary warrior-elite and landowning class that dominated early medieval England before the Norman Conquest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landowning elite
nobility
social class
warrior elite
basedOn hereditary status
land ownership
military service
service to the king
country Kingdom of England
developedFrom Germanic warrior aristocracy
duty attendance at royal assemblies
maintenance of local order
military service to the king
support of the church
endCause Norman Conquest of England
endTime 1066
hasPart ealdormen
earls
gesiths
high-ranking clergy of noble birth
royal housecarls
royal kin
thegns
heldRight to administer justice on estates
to attend the king’s court
to collect dues and renders
to command military forces
to hold land in bookland (bocland)
to participate in the witan
to receive royal charters
influenced English legal customs
early English political institutions
patterns of land tenure in England
influencedBy Christian Church
surface form: Christian church

Roman landholding practices
language Old English
notableMember Edwin, Earl of Mercia NERFINISHED
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Harold Godwinson
Leofric
surface form: Leofric, Earl of Mercia

Morcar, Earl of Northumbria
partOf Anglo-Saxons
surface form: Anglo-Saxon society
practiced feud and vengeance customs
lordship over dependants
patronage
warfare
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism
Latin Christian Church
surface form: Latin Christianity
replacedBy Norman aristocracy
socialRankAbove ceorls
slaves
socialRankBelow king
useInPeriod early medieval period
pre-Conquest England

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British aristocracy developedFrom Anglo-Saxon nobility
Agatha associatedWith Anglo-Saxon nobility
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon royal family
Cristina, Anglo-Saxon nun associatedWith Anglo-Saxon nobility
subject surface form: Cristina
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon royal family
Earl of Wessex partOf Anglo-Saxon nobility
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon earldoms