The scars of the Viking raids had healed , but the secularization of minsters continued on its slow , consistent course .
Well might late tenth - century polemicists blame kings of Wessex and their magnates , even more than the Vikings , for despoiling the Church 's resources .
The scars of the Vikings raids had healed , but the secularization of minsters continued on its slow , consistent course .
Well might late tenth - century polemicists blame kings of Wessex and their magnates , even more than the Vikings , for despoiling the Church 's resources .