Aldhelm introduced the Benedictine rule and secured the right of the election of the abbot by the monks themselves. The community at Malmesbury increased, and Aldhelm was able to found two other …

He is a strategic adviser, quasi-tutor and right-hand man to Lord Æthelred, and commander of his household guard. In the TV show, he later moves his allegiance to the Lady Æthelflæd as he sees …

Aldhelm was a West Saxon abbot of Malmesbury, the most learned teacher of 7th-century Wessex, a pioneer in the art of Latin verse among the Anglo-Saxons, and the author of numerous extant …

Jun 15, 2025 · Aldhelm leaves a profound and enduring influence across Anglo-Saxon literary, scholarly, and ecclesiastical traditions, demonstrating remarkable intellectual, spiritual, and artistic achievement.

"Aldhelm was the first Englishman who cultivated classical learning with any success, and the first of whom any literary remains are preserved" (Stubbs). Both from Ireland and from the Continent men …

Aldhelm (c.639–709) was one of the most learned men of his time. Thought to be related to West Saxon kings and educated at Malmesbury under the Irish scholar Maildubh, he also studied briefly at the …

Aldhelm learnt to compose Latin metrical verse, bound by strict rules governing syllable-value and scansion, handed down by highly technical manuals and exemplified by the great Classical poets.