Thanage

{{Short description|System of nobility}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} A '''thanage''' was an area of land held by a thegn in Anglo-Saxon England.<ref name="mw">{{cite web |title=Definition of THANAGE |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thanage |website=www.merriam-webster.com |access-date=29 July 2024}}</ref>

'''Thanage''' can also denote the rank held by such a thegn.<ref name="mw"/>

In medieval Scotland David I, an Anglophile, introduced "thanes" to replace the Gaelic "''tòiseach''". Therefore Scottish thanage denotes the land and duties held and undertaken by the thanes.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

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Category:Anglo-Saxon thegns