Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest.
Anglo-Saxon nobles who held at least five hides of land and provided military service to the king or an earl.
Thegns appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, especially Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest and Succession Crisis.
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