Dunstan, while in exile, had become influenced…

957 CE

Dunstan, while in exile, had become influenced by the Benedictines of Flanders.

A pro-Dunstan, pro-Benedictine party began to form around Athelstan Half-King's domain of East Anglia and supporting Eadwig's younger brother Edgar.

Frustrated by the king's impositions and supported by Archbishop Odo, the Thanes of Mercia and Northumbria switch their allegiance to Eadwig's rival and brother Edgar.

The nobles, rather than see the country descend into civil war, agree in 957 to divide the kingdom along the Thames, with Eadwig keeping Wessex and …

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