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Definition of Thanes
1. thane [n] - See also: thane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanes
Literary usage of Thanes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: As Well Ecclesiastical as Civil. By Mr. De Rapin by Rapin de Thoyras (Paul) (1726)
"thanes. After the High-Sheriff* came the thanes, a Name in Saxon ... thanes, that
is, Lay-thanes. The thanes in general were divided into three ..."
2. A Constitutional History of the House of Lords by Luke Owen Pike (1894)
"The thanes the n»rom who were great landholders might, so long as they retained
their possessions, naturally be called Barons by the French, type. and, ..."
3. An Enquiry Into the Foundation of the English Constitution; Or, an by Samuel Squire (1753)
"As to the into their family and dependence. But perhaps, after all, the middle
and inferior orders of thanes might be no other than a ..."
4. English Society in the Eleventh Century: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Sir Paul Vinogradoff (1908)
"The fact that thanes, as such, occupy such a prominent place in Domesday must be
explained by some feature common to all, and there is only one such ..."
5. The History of the English Constitution by Rudolph Gneist (1891)
"The leadership which was acquired by ownership of land is now lodged in the great
thanes, who with their numerous armed retinues form the active army. ..."
6. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1870)
"PART I. The Anglo-Saxon Constitution — Sketch of Anglo-Saxon History — Succession
to the Crown — Orders of Men — thanes and ..."
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