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    Stigand (died 1072) was an Anglo-Saxon churchman in pre-Norman Conquest England who became Archbishop of Canterbury. His birth date is unknown, but by...
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    excommunicated Stigand. Stigand was therefore not able to crown William king, as was the right of the archbishop of Canterbury. Nonetheless, Stigand and William...
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    coronation ceremony is attended by Stigand, whose position as Archbishop of Canterbury was controversial.(scene 31) Stigand is performing a liturgical function...
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    Jumièges, a Norman whom Edward had named Archbishop of Canterbury, with Stigand, the Bishop of Winchester. No English source mentions a supposed embassy...
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    she was holding on to treasure which belonged to the king. Her adviser, Stigand, was deprived of his bishopric of Elmham in East Anglia. However, both...
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    Ealdred, although Norman propaganda claimed the ceremony was performed by Stigand, the uncanonically elected Archbishop of Canterbury. Harold was immediately...
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  • Stigand (died 1087) was the last Bishop of Selsey, and first Bishop of Chichester. Following the Norman Conquest of 1066, the English church was gradually...
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  • Chauncey Hugh Stigand OBE FRGS FZS (1877–1919) was a British army officer, colonial administrator and big game hunter. He was killed in action while attempting...
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    Archbishop Stigand". Scene immediately after crowning of Harold by (according to the Norman tradition) Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand (d. 1072). Detail...
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    appointed to the English primatial see as Archbishop of Canterbury as soon as Stigand had been canonically deposed on 15 August 1070. He was speedily consecrated...
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    although Norman propaganda claimed that the ceremony was performed by Stigand, the uncanonically elected Archbishop of Canterbury. Harold was at once...
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    Canterbury, Stigand, and the archbishop of York, Ealdred. It would be the lower-ranking Ealdred who would officiate at the coronation, because Stigand had been...
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    driven out, including Archbishop Robert, whose archbishopric was given to Stigand; this act supplied an excuse for the Papal support of William's cause....
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    dominated by the most powerful surviving members of the English ruling class: Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ealdred, Archbishop of York, and the brothers...
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    Ælfric of Abingdon Ælfheah Lyfing Æthelnoth Eadsige Robert of Jumièges Stigand Conquest to Reformation Lanfranc Anselm Ralph d'Escures William de Corbeil...
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  • Ermenfrid, Bishop of Sion, Cardinal John Minutus, and Peter. It deposed Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, and several other native English bishops and...
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  • Nitro Express include Agnes Herbert, Arthur H. Neumann, Major Chauncey H. Stigand and Denys Finch Hatton, the latter had a gunsmith rebarrel his .475 No...
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  • negotiations between the king and the earl were conducted with the help of Stigand, the Bishop of Winchester. When it became apparent that Godwin would be...
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    had been unhappy with the Godwins for some time, summoned them to trial. Stigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was chosen to deliver the news to Godwin...
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    the Sudan, Stigand was a keen big-game hunter who took greater risks than most hunters and often came close to being fatally injured. Stigand was gored...
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    played an important role in English history starting with the surrender of Stigand to William the Conqueror in 1066, which led to his taking the throne and...
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    woman in England, and the fourth wealthiest individual after the king, Stigand (the Archbishop of Canterbury), and her brother Harold. She held land valued...
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  • Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury (1052–1070), from the Bayeux Tapestry. Note the absence of the mitre, the chasuble short or tucked up in front, the...
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    in Germany, 1824–1955. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Stigand, William (1880). The Life, Work, and Opinions of Heinrich Heine (two volumes)...
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    imprisoned and replaced with William the Conqueror's personal chaplain, Stigand. The Normans also built Chichester Cathedral and moved the seat of Sussex's...
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  • Ælheah and Stigand – Bishops, Archbishops and Victims". In Rumble, Alexander R. (ed.). Leaders of the Anglo-Saxon Church: From Bede to Stigand. Woodbridge...
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  • Ely in The Fens of eastern England. 11 April – Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand deposed at the Council of Winchester. 1 June – Hereward plunders Peterborough...
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    Witu 1890, A punitive expedition on the East African coast Chauncy Hugh Stigand (1966). The Land of Zinj: Being an Account of British East Africa, Its...
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    the cliffs. He moves to Canterbury and finally enters London. Archbishop Stigand and other English leaders submit to William's rule. On December 25, he...
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    (subscription or UK public library membership required) Cowdrey, H. E. J. (2004). "Stigand (d. 1072)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University...
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