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The Wessex Gospels

As the political coupe of the Dane, King Sven deposed King Ethelred the Unready and forced him to Normandy, many liberal practices began to spring up in the catholic church in England. Among other things, priests were allowed to marry and an open translation of the gospels into the West Saxon, or Wessex dialect was created.

Seven copies of the Wessex Gospels exist today.