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Anglo-Saxon charters

history Maturity 11-13

Long ago, kings wrote on skin. These papers gave land to people. They help us learn about the past. We can see how life was. Do you like old stories?

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File:Likely 11th-century copy of AD 854 Royal Charter issued by King Ethelstane granting 20 hides of land to the monks of St. Peter at Winchester.jpg
Likely 11th-century copy of AD 854 Royal...
File:Aethelbald charter Cyneberht 736.jpg
Aethelbald charter Cyneberht 736.jpg
File:S 1140 Writ of King Edward to Westminster Abbey granting land at Perton AD 1062 x 1066 (Westminster Abbey, W. A. M. XII).jpg
S 1140 Writ of King Edward to Westminster...
File:Alfred the Great's will.jpg
Alfred the Great's will.jpg
File:Edgar from Winchester Charter.jpg
Edgar from Winchester Charter.jpg
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