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A thane was a local administrator in eastern Scotland, equivalent to the son of an earl, who collected revenue and services from the estates under his control. The term thane was introduced by King David I in the 12th century, and later replaced by baron or regality.
Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegn – first half of eleventh century, British Museum In later Anglo-Saxon England, a thegn (pronounced / θ eɪ n /; Old English: þeġn) or thane [1] (or thayn in Shakespearean English) was an aristocrat who owned substantial land in one or more counties.
History (stylized in all caps), formerly and commonly known as the History Channel, is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company's General Entertainment Content Division.
An animated series based on the comic book Bucky O'Hare, about a green hare and his crew fighting against the Toad Empire in the Aniverse. Learn about the characters, episodes, differences from the comics, and cancellation of the show.
The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia , inhabited by the Picti , whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall .
Thane (Scotland), a title given to a local royal official in medieval eastern Scotland Thane of Cawdor, a title in the Peerage of Scotland and a character in Macbeth; Places. Thane, city in Maharashtra, India Thane district; Thane taluka; Thane railway station; Thane Lok Sabha constituency; Thane Assembly constituency; Thane, Queensland, Australia
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
The Tudors is a TV show created by Michael Hirst that depicts the reign of King Henry VIII and his marriages to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. The series ran for four seasons from 2007 to 2010 and was filmed in Ireland.