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    The Liber Eliensis is a 12th-century English chronicle and history, written in Latin. Composed in three books, it was written at Ely Abbey on the island...
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    (the "E manuscript" or Peterborough Chronicle), the Domesday Book, the Liber Eliensis (Latin 'Book of Ely') and, much the most detailed, the Gesta Herewardi...
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    ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum written early in the eighth century and from the Liber Eliensis, an anonymous chronicle written at Ely some time in the twelfth century...
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    of saying mass on behalf of Edmund Ironside's men. According to the Liber Eliensis, Eadnoth's hand was first cut off for a ring, and then his body cut...
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    century, which mentions Anna's death. The mediaeval work known as the Liber Eliensis, written in Ely in the twelfth century, is a source of information about...
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    between 2,000 and 4,000 fighting men. A source from the 12th-century Liber Eliensis, written by the monks at Ely, suggests that Byrhtnoth had only a few...
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    He was buried there alongside Archbishop Wulfstan the homilist. The Liber Eliensis records that his widow gave the Abbey a tapestry or hanging celebrating...
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    Knowles Monastic Order pp. 270–271 Fairweather Liber Eliensis pp. 400–401 Fairweather Liber Eliensis pp. 411–412 Saltman Theobald pp. 100–101 Saltman...
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    act of saying mass on behalf of Edmund Ironside's men. According to Liber Eliensis, Eadnoth's hand was first cut off for a ring, and then his body cut...
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    Mere is the Anglo-Saxon for lake or marsh. Soham Mere finds mention in Liber Eliensis relating King Cnut's winter visit to the monks of Ely for the Feast...
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  • Aelfthryth, of being responsible. The 12th century monastic chronicle the Liber Eliensis went so far as to accuse her of being a witch, claiming that she had...
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    Latin: vallis Cracti) is the name of the lost village reported in the Liber Eliensis, the history of the abbey, then Ely Cathedral, compiled towards the...
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    a nun and founded the abbey of Minster-in-Sheppey. According to the Liber Eliensis, a 12th-century chronicle and history written at Ely, an English source...
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    the very time of celebrating Easter." The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Liber Eliensis also record that Peada was killed by the betrayal of his wife at Easter...
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    and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which dates the from 9th century. The Liber Eliensis, written at Ely in the 12th century, also provides information about...
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    are also woven into the account of the monastery of Ely preserved by Liber Eliensis. If this source is to be believed, the Vikings' destruction of this...
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  • Hatfield with Edgar's foster-father Æthelstan Half-King according to the Liber Eliensis. Hart suggests that the chronicler may have been mistaken about Ordmær's...
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  • 399–475. Liber Eliensis, ed. E. O. Blake, Liber Eliensis. (Camden Third Series; 92.) London: Royal Historical Society, 1962; tr. J. Fairweather. Liber Eliensis...
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  • idiosyncrasies of spelling are generally preserved.' Janet Fairweather. Liber Eliensis. Boydell Press, 2005. ISBN 1-84383-015-9, ISBN 978-1-84383-015-3. (p...
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    for sixteen years, from a common grave to the new church at Ely. The Liber Eliensis describes these events in detail. When her grave was opened, Æthelthryth's...
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  • House (disambiguation) Ely Racecourse, a racecourse in Cardiff, Wales Liber Eliensis (sometimes titled Book of Ely), a 12th-century English chronicle and...
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    name. A Godiva was recorded in the 12th century history of Ely Abbey, Liber Eliensis; this, if the same as the figure in legend, would make Godiva a widow...
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    as ealdorman by his youngest brother, Æthelwine. The twelfth century Liber Eliensis states that Edgar later claimed that Ordmær and Ealde bequeathed the...
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    to an unreliable account of events preserved by the twelfth-century Liber Eliensis, Ubba was one of the Vikings leaders slain in the battle. There is little...
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    Oseberg ship and the Överhogdal tapestries. A monastic text from Ely, the Liber Eliensis, mentions a woven narrative wall-hanging commemorating the deeds of...
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  • Oxford, 2004. 11 ff. Liber Eliensis, ed. E.O. Blake, Liber Eliensis. Camden Society 3.92. London, 1962; tr. J. Fairweather. Liber Eliensis. A History of the...
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    EnglandGenWeb. 13 January 2000. Fairweather, Janet (2005). "Introduction". Liber Eliensis. Translated by Fairweather, Janet. Woodbridge, UK: Boydell Press. pp...
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    Post-Norman sources (of variable historical validity): The 12th century Liber Eliensis Florence of Worcester's Chronicle, written in the 12th century Henry...
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  • Abingdon", p. 54. S 1448a Liber Eliensis 2.46 Liber Eliensis 2.11 Jayakumar, "Reform and Retribution", p. 349. S 1216. Liber Eliensis 2.7. See Williams, "Princeps...
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    The first documented record of Thaxted, including a church, is in the Liber Eliensis, describes a gift of land in "Thacstede" by a woman named Æthelgifu...
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