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Thane
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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title of social distinction among the Anglo-Saxons, bestowed, in the first instance, upon men bound in military service to the king, and who came to form a nobility of service as distinguished from a nobility of blood; these obtained grants of land, and had thegns under them; in this way the class of thegns widened; subsequently the name was allowed to the ceorl who had acquired four hides of land and fulfilled certain requirements; after the Norman Conquest the thegnhood practically embraced the knighthood; the name dropped out of use after Henry II.'s reign, but lasted longer in Scotland.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Thane'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/thane.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Thane'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/thane.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
