Packet 5: Tossup 7

A ruler of this kingdom names the oldest document in the Textus Roffensis, which gives punishments for bodily injuries listed head to toe. A miraculous light reveals two murdered princes’ corpses in this kingdom’s “Royal Legend,” which includes a genealogy starting with a pagan king’s marriage to the Frankish Bertha, (-5[1])as well as the (10[1])history of an abbey at Thanet. (10[2]-5[1])The Sarre Brooch (“sar broach”) from a cemetery in this kingdom was made in the circular quoit (“kwoyt”) style. A bishop was reportedly dispatched to this kingdom after a man saw pale (10[1])children at a slave market. (-5[1])It’s not Wessex, (-5[1])but this kingdom’s ruler (-5[1])Æthelberht (10[1])(“ETH-ul-bert”) was the first converted (10[1])by Gregory I’s Augustinian mission, leading its main city to become the chief seat (-5[1])of the church in Britain. (10[1])For 10 points, name this southeastern kingdom (10[1])of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy (10[2]-5[1])that was home to Canterbury. ■END■ (10[5]0[12])

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