Selby Abbey

The charters she issued for new monastic houses in England were carefully structured to incorporate schools of learning that attracted scholars from across Europe.

For example, the foundation charter for Selby Abbey, sealed by her hand, not only granted land but also mandated the establishment of a school to train monks and lay clerks in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, subjects previously scarce within English monasteries.

Scholars studying the educational output of the twelfth century now trace a marked increase in Latin literacy among the lower clergy directly back to Matilda’s patronage, suggesting that her influence helped create a class of literate administrators who could navigate both Norman legal codes and Anglo-Saxon customs.

Politically, marrying a Scottish princess was as much about optics as it was about substance.

I give him my head and stride on.

Selby Abbey's meant to be quite nice, isn't it? But I'm not sure what else is in Selby, but I've heard the Abbey's very nice.

Do you get out of Whitby much? Listen, are your friends coming back, do you think? Or shall we just...

We'll meet them there, shall we? Oh, I completely forgot.