Editing 1050 (section)

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==== Religion ====
* King [[Edward the Confessor]] unites the English dioceses of [[Devon]] and [[Cornwall]]. He moves the see from [[Crediton]] to [[Exeter]] and gives the order to build a cathedral.<ref>Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). ''Handbook of British Chronology'' (Third revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-56350-X}}.</ref> [[Leofric (bishop)|Leofric]] becomes the first bishop of Exeter.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFgt22pS8igC&q=1050+Leofric&pg=PA48|title=Cathedrals, Communities and Conflict in the Anglo-Norman World|last=Insley|first=Charles|publisher=Boydell Press|year=2011|isbn=9781843836209|editor-last=Dalton|editor-first=Paul|location=Woodbridge, England|pages=48|language=en|chapter=Remembering Communities Past: Exeter Cathedral in the Eleventh Century|editor-last2=Insley|editor-first2=Charles|editor-last3=Wilkinson|editor-first3=Louise J.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vbj4Zsybl28C&q=1050+Leofric&pg=PA406|title=The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages: Methodology and Source Studies, Regional Developments, Hagiography|last=Iversen|first=Gunilla|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=9780195352382|editor-last=Fassler|editor-first=Margot E.|location=Oxford and New York|pages=406|language=en|chapter=Transforming a Viking into a Saint: The Divine Office of St. Olav|editor-last2=Baltzer|editor-first2=Rebecca A.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89cMonshJKgC&q=1050+Leofric&pg=PA45|title=The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Saxon England|last=Clayton|first=Mary|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2003|isbn=9780521531153|location=Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne and Sydney|pages=45|language=en}}</ref>
* The [[brewery]] of [[Weltenburg Abbey]] (modern [[Germany]]) is first mentioned, thus making it one of the oldest still operating breweries in the world (approximate date).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oWQdjnVo2B0C&q=1050+Weltenburg+Abbey&pg=PA832|title=The Oxford Companion to Beer|last=Evans|first=Jeff|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2011|isbn=9780199912100|editor-last=Oliver|editor-first=Garrett|location=Oxford and New York|pages=831|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/dec/14/dark-beer-bavaria-oldest-monastic-brewery-in-world-weltenburg-abbey-germany|title=Dark beer and dumplings in Bavaria: a visit to the world's oldest monastic brewery|last=Wells|first=Mike|date=December 14, 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-08-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/oktoberfest-munich-beer-festivals-andechs-weltenburg-germany-a7235096.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/oktoberfest-munich-beer-festivals-andechs-weltenburg-germany-a7235096.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Move Over Oktoberfest: an Alternative Beer Pilgrimage in Bavaria|last=Eames|first=Andrew|date=September 16, 2016|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=August 23, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref></onlyinclude>