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Historians have seen Ealdred as an " old-fashioned prince-bishop ".
Others say that he " raised the see of York from its former rustic state ".
He was known for his generosity and for his diplomatic and administrative abilities.
After the Conquest, Ealdred provided a degree of continuity between the pre-and post-Conquest worlds.
One modern historian feels that it was Ealdred who was behind the compilation of the D version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and gives a date in the 1050s as its composition.
Certainly, Ealdred is one of the leading figures in the work, and it is likely that one of his clerks compiled the version.
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