English Benedictine Reform
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The English Benedictine Reform or Monastic Reform of the English church in the late tenth century was a religious and intellectual movement in the later Anglo-Saxon period. In the mid-tenth century al
Portrait of King Edgar in the charter of the New Minster, Winchester
King Edgar seated between Bishop Æthelwold and Archbishop Dunstan, from an eleventh-century manuscript of the Regularis Concordia
Initial letter "B" in the Ramsey Psalter, which was probably designed for the use of Archbishop Oswald
Folio 25r from the Benedictional of St Æthelwold, a miniature of the Baptism of Christ
Edgar, King of England
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Edgar, also known as Edgar the Peaceful, the Peacemaker and the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother Eadwig's death. He was
English Benedictine Reform
…reformers such as Dunstan and Æthelwold learned from Continental exponents of Benedictine monasticism. The English movement became dominant under King Edgar (959–975), who supported the expulsion of secular clergy from monasteries and cathedral chapters, and their replacement by monks. The reformers had…
Edgar in the second tier of the Royal Window in the mid-fifteenth century chapel of All Souls College, Oxford. The stained glass is original apart from Edgar's head, which was replaced with one made by Clayton and Bell in the 1870s.
Coin of Edgar, pre-reform, Bust Crowned, moneyer Levinc, East Anglia