The Old Minster was the Anglo-Saxon cathedral for the English diocese of Wessex and then Winchester from 660 to 1093. It stood on a site immediately north...
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Emma of Normandy (redirect from Lady of Winchester)
in 1052, Emma was interred alongside Cnut and Harthacnut in the Old Minster, Winchester, before being transferred to the new cathedral built after the...
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The New Minster in Winchester was a royal Benedictine abbey founded in 901 in Winchester in the English county of Hampshire. Alfred the Great had intended...
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Æthelstan Ætheling (category Articles containing Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text)
division within the royal family at the time. He was buried at the Old Minster, Winchester, the first burial there of someone who was not king since Edward...
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Cnut (category Burials at Winchester Cathedral)
and the Winchester Cross, with 500 marks of silver and 30 marks of gold, as well as relics of various saints was given to it. Old Minster was the recipient...
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Wulfstan the Cantor (redirect from Wulfstan of Winchester)
11th century), also known as Wulfstan of Winchester, was an Anglo-Saxon monk of the Old Minster, Winchester. He was also a writer, musician, composer...
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then. A mid-ninth century burial found during excavations in the Old Minster, Winchester contained the body of a young man of 25–35. His headdress and the...
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lower position than his successor, Ælfheah. Beornstan died at Old Minster, Winchester, where he was probably buried. He was remembered for his humility...
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for burials and other purposes. Exceptions to this include the Old Minster, Winchester. Church designs at the time differed between the North of England...
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century, the Old Minster was enlarged as a centre of the cult of the 9th century Bishop of Winchester, Saint Swithun. The three minsters were the home...
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