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Taking Liberties: Æthelred, Abingdon and Monastic Reform Taking Liberties: Æthelred, Abingdon and Monastic Reform
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Documenting Liberty: Æthelred, Abingdon and Monastic Freedom Documenting Liberty: Æthelred, Abingdon and Monastic Freedom
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Discrimen veri ac falsi: The Orthodoxorum Charters Revisited Discrimen veri ac falsi: The Orthodoxorum Charters Revisited
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Reconstructing Lost Single Sheets: The Abingdon Cartulary-Chronicle Reconstructing Lost Single Sheets: The Abingdon Cartulary-Chronicle
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Libertas ecclesiae between Edgar and Æthelred Libertas ecclesiae between Edgar and Æthelred
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Dating Forgery: Abbot Wulfgar and the 990s Dating Forgery: Abbot Wulfgar and the 990s
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Forgery and Authenticity in Æthelredian England Forgery and Authenticity in Æthelredian England
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Three Forging Liberty: Abingdon and Æthelred
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Published:February 2021
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Abstract
This chapter begins by recounting the time when Abbot Wulfgar of Abingdon set out for the synod of Winchester in spring 993. According to a diploma issued shortly after the synod, Æthelred II publicly admitted to wrongdoing, including the previous sale of Abingdon's abbacy, and committed to amending this. Specifically, he restored the abbey's liberty, apologizing for his earlier infringement of this. Buoyed by the success of the Winchester synod, the local monks embarked on one of the most ambitious forgery campaigns England had ever seen. The resulting documents are companion pieces to the 993 privilege, serving to trace the history of Abingdon's liberty and endowment. The chapter then examines the Orthodoxorum charters, which are a set of diplomas in favour of Abingdon and associated houses, confirming longstanding rights of liberty. Diplomas were accorded considerable authority in Anglo-Saxon law courts, and the monks of Abingdon clearly hoped to benefit from their privileges. The aim is to strengthen Abingdon's claims, wherever possible associating these with the abbey's initial growth and endowment in the eighth and ninth centuries.
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