Wulfhere | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of York | |
_obverse.jpg')) Copper styca of Wulfhere | |
| Appointed | 854 |
| Term ended | 892 or 900 |
| Predecessor | Wigmund |
| Successor | Æthelbald |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 854 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Wulfhere |
| Died | 892 or 900 |
Wulfhere (died c. 900) was Archbishop of York between 854 and 900.
Life
Wulfhere was consecrated in 854.[1]
In 866 the viking Great Heathen Army attacked and captured York, and the following year the "Danes" (as the English called vikings in general at the time) defeated an attempt to recapture the city, by Anglo-Saxon forces, the following year. Wulfhere made peace with the invaders and stayed in York.[2]
When, in 872, Northumbrians rebelled against the Danes and their collaborators, and Wulfhere fled York.[3] Eventually he found refuge with King Burgred of Mercia.[4][5]
Wulfhere was recalled in 873, and continued in York until his death in 892 or 900.[1] After his death, the seat remained vacant for eight years.[6]
Coinage
Like previous archbishops of York, Wulfhere issued styca coins.[7] His moneyers included Wulfred and Eardwulf.[7]
Citations
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
- ^ Abels Alfred the Great pp. 116–117
- ^ Abels Alfred the Great p. 142
- ^ Stenton Anglo Saxon England p. 251
- ^ Abels Alfred the Great p. 120
- ^ Brooke "York Minster" Churches and Churchmen p. 37
- ^ a b Pirie, Elizabeth J. E. (Elizabeth Jean Elphinstone), 1932-2005. (1996). Coins of the Kingdom of Northumbria c.700-867 in the Yorkshire collections : the Yorkshire Museum, York, the University of Leeds, the City Museum, Leeds. Llanfyllin, Powys: Galata. ISBN 0-9516671-4-9. OCLC 38338882.
References
- Abels, Richard Philip (1998). Alfred the Great: War, Kingship, and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-04047-7.
- Brooke, C. N. L. (1999). "York Minster from the Ninth to the early Thirteenth Centuries". Churches and Churchmen in Medieval Europe. London: Hambledon Press. pp. 37–68. ISBN 1-85285-183-X.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
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| Christian titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Wigmund | Archbishop of York 854–c. 900 | Succeeded by Æthelbald |