The Earliest English KingsPsychology Press, 2000 - 258 páginas The Earliest English Kings is a fascinating survey of Anglo-Saxon History from the sixth century to the eighth century and the death of King Alfred. It explains and explores the 'Heptarchy' or the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, as well as the various peoples within them, wars, religion, King Offa and the coming of the Vikings. With maps and family trees, this book reveals the complex, distant and tumultuous events of Anglo-Saxon politics. |
Conteúdo
The peoples and kingdoms of preViking England | 1 |
Early Kent | 23 |
The sequel | 30 |
The early kings of the western Saxons | 38 |
The Anglian territories in the late sixth and early seventh | 50 |
The northern Anglian hegemony in the seventh century | 63 |
The southumbrian kingdoms from the midseventh to | 110 |
Northumbria in the eighth century | 118 |
The AngloSaxon kingdoms in the first threequarters | 151 |
The coming of the Vikings | 171 |
Appendix | 179 |
Notes | 187 |
12 | 206 |
105 | 212 |
| 241 | |
Offa | 134 |
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Termos e frases comuns
Aelfwald Aethelbald Aethelberht Aethelfrith Aethelheard Aethelred Aethelred's Aethelwulf Alcuin Aldfrith Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms annals archbishop Bassett battle Bede Bede's Bernician bishop Britain Britons brother Caedwalla Cambridge Carolingian Ceawlin Cenwealh Ceolwulf certainly Charlemagne Charters Coenwulf coinage Cynegils death Deira dynastic Eadbald Eadberht Eadwine Eadwine's ealdorman Eardwulf Early Anglo-Saxon East Angles East Anglia East Saxons eastern Angles Ecgberht Ecgfrith EHD Vol English evidence Frankish Genealogical Regnal List genealogies Humber Hwicce ibid Kentish King Alfred king of Kent kingship land Lichfield London Medieval Mercian military Monachi Opera Omnia northern Angles Northumbrian Offa Offa's Origins of Anglo-Saxon Oswald Oswiu Oxford pagan papal Penda Picts political pope probably Raedwald reign royal power rulers Saxon Genealogical Regnal seventh century South Saxons southern England Stenton successor Sutton Hoo Symeonis Monachi Opera territory Tribal Hidage Viking Vita Wilfridi Welsh Wessex West Saxon West Saxon Genealogical western Saxons Wilfrid Wulfhere
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