Reform and retribution: the ‘anti-monastic reaction’ in the reign of Edward the Martyr

doi:10.4324/9781315257259-43

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Reform and retribution: the ‘anti-monastic reaction’ in the reign of Edward the Martyr

ABSTRACT

This paper seeks to shed light on the so-called ‘Anti-Monastic Reaction’ that followed the death of Edgar on 8 July 975 and examines some links between these disturbances and the politics of the time.