Born
943
Died
975
Nationality
English
Events involving Edgar the Peaceful (9)
960
ID: 5849
Benedictine Reform begins - Dunstan as Archbishop, backed by Edgar, starts replacing secular clergy with monks
ID: 5849
962
ID: 2634
Edgar's law codes issued - uniform laws for all England, blend of Anglo-Saxon and Danish customs
ID: 2634
964
ID: 5850
Aethelwold expels secular clergy from Winchester - forcibly replaces married priests with celibate monks, seizes property
ID: 5850
970
ID: 5852
Council of Winchester establishes Regularis Concordia - unified rule for English monasteries, monks control major churches
ID: 5852
973
ID: 2635
Eight kings row Edgar on River Dee - after coronation, symbolic submission of British rulers to English king
ID: 2635
973
ID: 5842
Edgar reforms English coinage - standardizes silver penny weight using new German silver, establishes 70+ mints
ID: 5842
973
ID: 5853
Edgar grants vast estates to reformed monasteries - transfers perhaps 1/3 of royal lands to monastic control
ID: 5853
973
ID: 2563
May 11, 973
Edgar crowned at Bath - first coronation using order still used today, rowed by eight kings on River Dee
ID: 2563
975
ID: 5854
July 8, 975
Death of Edgar triggers succession crisis - pro-monastic party backs Edward, anti-monastic nobles back Aethelred
ID: 5854