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Reaction and Retrenchment

Reaction and Retrenchment

Anglo-Saxon England · Evergreen Podcasts

April 12, 202316m 4s

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Despite Æthelberht’s official adoption of the new Christian creed, he seems to have been largely unsuccessful in promoting it among his courtiers. His own son, Eadbald, refused to adopt the faith. Upon his father’s death in 616 his pagan heir ascended to the throne of Kent. So began Kent's 'pagan reaction', a time in which the Church at Canterbury lost its influence over the rulers of the kingdom. It would bounce back, but only in a reduced form with its ability to achieve its ambitions curtailed. 

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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening

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