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[[File:DTVA - Sketch of Lincoln.jpg|thumb|250px|The town of Lincoln and its surroundings, a sketch by Jean-Claude Golvin / Contemporary]] | |||
The losers of the changes in land ownership were mostly secular and religious aristocrats, whose great estates were torn up and redistributed. The pieces went to the [[Vikings]], whose [[Viking expansion|invasion]] sped up the fracturing of the territory, but also to less wealthy [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] families whose new lands meant a rise in social status. This drawing of [[Lincoln]] and its surroundings sheds light on how land was distributed at the time. | The losers of the changes in land ownership were mostly secular and religious aristocrats, whose great estates were torn up and redistributed. The pieces went to the [[Vikings]], whose [[Viking expansion|invasion]] sped up the fracturing of the territory, but also to less wealthy [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] families whose new lands meant a rise in social status. This drawing of [[Lincoln]] and its surroundings sheds light on how land was distributed at the time. | ||
[[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | [[Category:Discovery Tour: Viking Age]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:34, 12 December 2021
The losers of the changes in land ownership were mostly secular and religious aristocrats, whose great estates were torn up and redistributed. The pieces went to the Vikings, whose invasion sped up the fracturing of the territory, but also to less wealthy Anglo-Saxon families whose new lands meant a rise in social status. This drawing of Lincoln and its surroundings sheds light on how land was distributed at the time.