• The Councils of Clovesho or Clofesho were a series of synods attended by Anglo-Saxon kings, bishops, abbots and nobles in the 8th and 9th centuries. They...
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    witenagemot. Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Witan". Councils of Clovesho Elective monarchy Kurultai Loya Jirga...
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    Charlemagne. Routledge. p. 160. ISBN 9781135030179.  Moyes, James (1908). "Councils of Clovesho". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New...
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    The subsequent 747 council of Clovesho and a charter Æthelbald issued at Gumley in 749—which freed the church from some of its obligations—may have been...
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    Archbishopric of Lichfield was formally abolished at the Council of Clovesho on 12 October 803, and the Archbishopric of Canterbury thus regained the status of which...
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    built in her honour. One of the last important acts of his episcopate was his participation in the first great Council of Clovesho. According to the Benedictine...
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    archdiocese of Lichfield as well as those of Canterbury. Æthelheard held a council at Clovesho on 12 October 803 which finally stripped Lichfield of its archiepiscopal...
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  • jurisdiction to Canterbury, a decision announced by Æthelhard at the Council of Clovesho in 803. Hygeberht had resigned his see before Lichfield was demoted...
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    consecrated. In 803 at the Council of Clovesho, Æthelhard, the Archbishop of Canterbury, succeeded in demoting the Archbishopric of Lichfield back down to...
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    clergy of Canterbury never recognised the elevation of Lichfield. Æthelhard returned to England in 803, and convened the Council of Clovesho, which decreed...
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    archiepiscopal rank and restored the dioceses to the authority of Canterbury. In 803 the Council of Clovesho accepted this decision. During the 9th century, the...
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  • attendance at the Council of Clovesho in 742. Bercol 1 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England "PASE Glossary". Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England...
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  • bishops south of the Humber and his synods were attended only by bishops from the south of England. Cuthbert presided over the Council of Clovesho in 747 along...
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  • after Offa's death, when at the Fifth Council of Clovesho its dioceses were restored to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Leo III. The bishop's...
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    important Councils of Clovesho between 742 and 825. These had representation from the archbishopric of Canterbury and the whole English church south of the...
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  • signing an act of the Councils of Clovesho in 803, Eadwulf gives his name and title as Eadwulf Syddensis civitatis episcopus and the location of the former...
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    should hold an annual council at Clovesho. It also confirmed the observance of the traditions of the Latin Church over those of the Celtic Church, which...
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    further attested in the 747 Council of Clovesho which stated that priests should have a correct understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity and teach this...
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    bishops should hold an annual council at Clovesho. A major reorganisation of the English church occurred the late 700s. King Offa of Mercia wanted his own kingdom...
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    Royal Mercian assemblies makes it a candidate location for councils of the Clovesho. In the 1920s, Croft Hill was used as a picnic spot for Sunday School trips...
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