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Cerdic dynasty
205
,
212–13
,
214
,
262–3
,
272–3

Chad, bishop of Lichfield
81
,
278

Charlemagne
see
Charles the Great

Charles II (the Bald)
164
,
166
,
168
,
184
,
186
,
208
,
217
,
227

Charles III of West Francia
272

Charles the Great
61
,
85
,
92
,
103
,
105
,
107
,
108–9
,
120
,
127
,
137
,
139
,
141
,
150
,
151
,
153–4
,
158
,
162
,
165–9
,
171–4
,
183
,
223

Charles Martel
61
,
127
,
128
,
132
,
135

Chelsea, Council of
92

Chester
198
,
206
,
268
,
277
,
285
,
335
,
362
,
363

Chester, battle of
63

Chester-le-Street
204
,
249
,
292

Childeric III
136–7

chirographs
259

Christianity
5
,
8–9

Anglo-Saxon missions to Germany
120–49

Canterbury and organization of
43–8

and kingship
28

Vikings and
202

see also
under individual kingdoms

Church, Anglo-Saxon
32–7
,
43–8
,
68–9
,
105–8
,
223
,
278–82
,
313–14
,
324–5
,
345–6

church building
110–11
,
279
,
325
,
345

see also
Christianity

Clofesho
47
,
106–7

Clovis, king of the Franks
28
,
33
,
61
,
121

Cnut, king
144
,
182
,
256
,
278
,
283
,
291
,
297
,
300
,
302
,
303–4
,
305
,
306
,
307
,
308–15
,
319
,
321

Coenwulf, king of Mercia
107
,
113–14

Coifi (pagan high priest)
65–6

coinage, Anglo-Saxon
113–17
,
206
,
215
,
278
,
284–7
,
297
,
312–13
,
317

Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne
80

Columba, St
32
,
68

Columbanus, St
68
,
131

concubines
276–7
,
303

Conrad II, Emperor
315

Constans II, Emperor
46–7
,
48

Constantine II, king of Scots
267
,
269

Countisbury Hill, battle of
191

crowning, tradition of
104–5

culture, Anglo-Saxon

cultural legacy
353

under Alfred the Great
215–18
,
221–3

see also
building; calligraphy; carving; learning and scholarship; literature; music

Cumbria
202–3

Cuthbert, archbishop of Canterbury
106
,
142

Cuthbert, St
46
,
62
,
75–7
,
177
,
192
,
203–4
,
271
,
279

Cuthburg, abbess of Wimborne
56

Cuthred, king of Wessex
57

Cuthred, sub-king of Kent
114

Cyneburh
72
,
96

Cynegils, king of Wessex
44
,
49
,
69–70

Cyneheard
58

Cynewulf, king of Wessex
57–8
,
244

Cynric
16–17

 

Dagobert II, king of the Franks
121–2

Dál Riata (Dalriada)
10
,
32
,
63
,
70

danegeld
302

Danelaw
118
,
181
,
187
,
195–8
,
262

Daniel, bishop of Winchester
xxxviii
,
129
,
137

Deerhurst minster
112

defence and fortifications, Anglo-Saxon
226–32
,
298

Degsastan, battle of
63

Deira
20
,
21
,
22
,
23–4
,
32
,
60
,
62
,
67
,
72
,
73
,
199
,
200

Deusdedit, archbishop of Canterbury
45
,
96

dialects
xxxiv–xxxv
,
242
,
249

Domesday Book
342
,
348–9

Dream of the Rood, The
88
,
242
,
250

Dryhthelm, vision of
84

Dublin
182
,
199
,
200

Dumnonia
32
,
42

Dunstan, abbot of Glastonbury, archbishop of Canterbury
275
,
276
,
280–2
,
289

Durham
204

 

Eadbald, king of Kent
43

Eadberht, king of Northumbria
85
,
104

Eadberht Præn
103
,
107

Eadburga, abbesss
137–8
,
145

Eadburh of Mercia
58
,
158
,
185

Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne
89–90
,
249

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