Template talk:Anglo-Saxon status
Add topicLatest comment: 1 year ago by 46.15.255.198 in topic No references, doubtful
No references, doubtful
[edit]This template has no references and conflates various time periods and linguistic forms. Seems like (bad) OR. Mårtensås (talk) 21:04, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
- Have added references to King`s Thanes and ordinary Thanes / Thegns beneath. 46.15.255.198 (talk) 08:15, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
Rank
[edit]Kings Thane. 2. in rank.
"A king’s thane was a person of great importance" "No one but the king had the right of jurisdiction over him."
Thus 2. in rank. Source: Brittanica:
Thegn (not Kings Thane but an ordinary Thegn)
"Thegn: a Baron, or petty Prince, ruling under the Sovereign".
Source: Sir George Laurence Gomme. 46.15.255.198 (talk) 08:13, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
