Anglo-Saxon royal court

E474618
Anglo-Saxon institution ceremonial institution political institution royal court

The Anglo-Saxon royal court was the central political and ceremonial institution of early medieval England, where kings and their retinues administered justice, forged alliances, and displayed royal power before the Norman Conquest.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kentish court (under Æthelberht I, according to Bede) 1
Wessex royal court 1
court of King Æthelstan 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon institution ⓘ
ceremonial institution ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
associatedWith feasting rituals ⓘ
gift-giving ⓘ
law codes ⓘ
oath-swearing ceremonies ⓘ
royal charters ⓘ
royal coronation rituals ⓘ
witan NERFINISHED ⓘ
witenagemot NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreFunction administration of justice ⓘ
collection of tribute ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ
display of royal power ⓘ
dispute resolution ⓘ
forging alliances ⓘ
granting of charters ⓘ
land grants ⓘ
law-making ⓘ
military coordination ⓘ
royal decision-making ⓘ
royal patronage ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
documentedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ
law codes of kings such as Alfred the Great ⓘ
royal charters of Anglo-Saxon kings ⓘ
endCause Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1066 ⓘ
existedDuringReignOf Alfred the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward the Confessor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Norman royal court in England ⓘ
governedBy Anglo-Saxon king ⓘ
hasPart bishops ⓘ
ealdormen ⓘ
guests ⓘ
household retainers ⓘ
king ⓘ
queen ⓘ
royal chaplains ⓘ
royal household officers ⓘ
scribes ⓘ
servants ⓘ
thegns ⓘ
warband ⓘ
influencedBy Christian church NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germanic warrior culture ⓘ
Roman administrative traditions ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn early medieval England ⓘ
meetingType itinerant court ⓘ
metAt major religious centers ⓘ
royal halls ⓘ
royal vills ⓘ
practicedReligion Anglo-Saxon Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy pre-Christian Germanic royal courts ⓘ
timePeriod Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
usedBy Anglo-Saxon kings NERFINISHED ⓘ
royal household ⓘ
royal retinue ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Norman court → follows → Anglo-Saxon royal court ⓘ
Æthelwold of Winchester → educatedAt → Anglo-Saxon royal court ⓘ
this entity surface form: court of King Æthelstan
Osburh → associatedWith → Anglo-Saxon royal court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wessex royal court
Æthelstan Atheling → partOf → Anglo-Saxon royal court ⓘ
this entity surface form: royal court of Edward the Elder
English royal court → predecessor → Anglo-Saxon royal court ⓘ
Rædwald of East Anglia → convertedBy → Anglo-Saxon royal court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kentish court (under Æthelberht I, according to Bede)