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Liudhard (Old English: Lēodheard;
modern French: Létard, also
Letard in English) was a
Frankish bishop.
Alban Butler,
citing Bede,
places his see at Senlis...
- The
Liudhard medalet is a gold Anglo-Saxon coin or
small medal found sometime before 1844 near St Martin's
Church in Canterbury, England. It was part of...
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Christian Frankish princess who
arrived in
England with her chaplain,
Bishop Liudhard. Her
pagan husband, Æthelberht of Kent,
allowed her to
continue to practise...
- the
relationship between the kingdoms. It also has been
suggested that
Liudhard, Bertha's chaplain, was
intended as a
representative of the
Frankish church...
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daughter Bertha married Æthelberht, the
pagan King of Kent. She took
Bishop Liudhard with her as her
private confessor. Her
influence in the
Kentish court was...
- medallions, but have the
heads of gods, animals, or
other designs. The
Liudhard medalet,
produced around AD 600 in Anglo-Saxon England, is an isolated...
- As one of the
conditions of her marriage, she
brought a
bishop named Liudhard with her to Kent.
Together in Canterbury, they
restored a
church that dated...
- that she be
allowed to
practise her religion. She
brought her chaplain,
Liudhard, with her to England. A
former Roman church was
restored for
Bertha just...
- worship.
Liudhard does not
appear to have made many
converts among the Anglo-Saxons, and if not for the
discovery of a gold coin, the
Liudhard medalet...
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mounted with
suspension loops for use as pendants. One of
these is the
Liudhard medalet, the
earliest surviving Anglo-Saxon coin.
Another coin is in the...
