Editing Worcester, England (section)

===Anglo-Saxon town===
{{see also|History of Worcester#Anglo-Saxon|History of Worcestershire#Anglo-Saxon}}
The form of the place name varied over time. At its settlement in the 7th century, by the Angles of Mercia, it was ''Weogorna''. After centuries of warfare against the Vikings and Danelaw it had become a centre for the Anglo-Saxon army or ''here'' known as ''Weogorna ceastre'' (Worcester Camp). The [[Weorgoran]] were probably a sub-tribe of the larger kingdom of the [[Hwicce]], which occupied present-day Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and western Wiltshire. In 680, Worcester was chosen as their fort over the larger [[Gloucester]], and the royal court at [[Winchcombe]] as the [[episcopal see]] of a new [[Anglican Diocese of Worcester|bishopric]], suggesting there was already an established and powerful [[Celtic Christianity|Christian]] community.

[[File:Oswald and Eadnoth.jpg|thumb|[[Oswald of Worcester|Oswald]] and [[Eadnoth]]{{who|date=December 2024}}]]
Worcester became a centre of monastic learning and church power. [[Oswald of Worcester]], appointed Bishop in 961, was an important reformer alongside the Archbishop of York. The last Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Worcester, St [[Wulfstan (died 1095)|Wulfstan]] or Wulstan, was a reformer, who remained in office until he died in 1095.

The city became a focus of violent tax resistance against the monarch [[Harthacnut (1020–1042)|Harthacnut]] (also King of Denmark) in 1041. The townspeople tried to defend themselves by occupying the Severn island of Bevere, two miles up river. After Harthacnut's men had sacked the city and set it alight, agreement was reached and the populace returned to rebuild.<ref name=bhoworcester>{{harvnb |Willis-Bund |Page |1924}}</ref>