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Vor 5 Tagen · In the fragmented world of early Anglo-Saxon England, the kingdom of Mercia emerged from humble beginnings to dominate the island for nearly two centuries. Rising from marcher lords along the Trent Valley to Bretwalda over-kings claiming imperial power, the Mercians left an indelible mark on English history.
Vor 3 Tagen · Bede ( / biːd /; Old English: Bēda [ˈbeːdɑ]; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( Latin: Beda Venerabilis ), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Vor 3 Tagen · Gerald of Wales in his Life of St Ethelbert records a tradition that the great episcopal manor of Lydbury North in Shropshire was given by 'Egwinus quatiens caput' to the church of Hereford following the murder of King Ethelbert of East Angliaby Offa, king of Mercia (757-96) and the establishment of Ethelbert's martyr cult at Hereford. This story cannot be relied on, but the grant of Lydbury ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
Vor einem Tag · Of these Offa, king of Mercia, was one of the most forward. In the year 774, Offa invaded Kent, and fought a famous battle with Aldric, at Otford in this county, where the former gained the victory, after a great flaughter on both sides. This sunk the affairs of Aldric exceeding low, and had not Offa been diverted from pursuing the fruits of his success, by the invasion of his own kingdom by ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Four years later St. Sexburg was buried beside her sister and was succeeded as abbess by her daughter Ermenild, widow of Wulfhere, King of Mercia. With the name of the next abbess, St. Werburg, daughter of St. Ermenild, (fn. 4) the history of this foundation comes to an end, except that it and the neighbouring monastery of Soham were among the religious houses pillaged and burnt by the Danes ...
