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.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

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 ⓘ
linked to: Christian Church

Roman landholding practices ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
notableMember Edwin, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
Godwin, Earl of Wessex ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Leofric, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Leofric

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

British aristocracy → developedFrom → Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ
Agatha → associatedWith → Anglo-Saxon royal family ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Cristina → associatedWith → Anglo-Saxon royal family ⓘ
subject linked to: Cristina, Anglo-Saxon nun
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Earl of Wessex → partOf → Anglo-Saxon earldoms ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Edith → isAssociatedWith → Old English nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Earl Gospatric → nobleFamily → Northumbrian nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Oslac of Hampshire → genre → Anglo-Saxon aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Lord of the Mercians → exercisedPowerOver → Mercian nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Æthel → usedBy → Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ
Northumbrian rebellion of 1065 → hasParticipant → Northumbrian nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Northumbrian rebels → partOf → Northumbrian nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Northumbrian rebels → hasMember → Northumbrian nobles ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility
Edmund Haroldson → partOf → Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ
Earl of Cambridgeshire → partOf → Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ
Countess of Northumbria → linkedTo → Northumbrian aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon nobility