Wessex is one of the kingdoms founded by the Anglo-Saxons in England during the High Middle Ages. It extends over part of south-west Great Britain, between Domnonée in the west, Mercia in the north and the kingdoms of Kent, Sussex and Essex in the east. In the 9th century, Wessex was the last Anglo
527 – 919The Mercia (Mercia in English) is an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the High Middle Ages. It occupies mainly the region of the Midlands, in the heart of England, but extended beyond during its periods of expansion. Etymology In Old English, Mierce calls the people of the margin, that is to say the
From 520 – 917 Language Anglo-Saxon History and events 794-826 Mercian domination870 Conquest by the Danes917 Submission to Wessex The kingdom of East Angles or East Anglia is a kingdom that was established in the present-day provinces of Suffolk and Norfolk, England, by the Angles, a Germanic pe
The Kingdom of Essex or Kingdom of the East Saxons is an Anglo-Saxon kingdom. Included between the Stour in the north and the Thames in the south, it corresponds to the current county of Essex, but also extends over Middlesex with the city of London and part of Surrey, and it briefly dominates part
Ragnar Lodbrok would have been a Danish Jarl at an indefinite period between 750 and 850. It is a legendary king whose historical reality we are not sure that appears in the gesture of the Danes and whose exploits could be a kind of compilation of those of several Viking chiefs a kind of Viking Kin
Northumbria (Latin:Northumbria, Old English:Norþanhymbra) is a medieval kingdom located in present-day northern England and was one of the main kingdoms of the Heptarchy. Its notoriety is above all linked to its role in the propagation of Nicene Christianity on the island and to the constitution of
Ivar Ragnarson (the boned or boneless) was the son of Ragnar Lothbrok unlike his legendary progenitor the existence of Ivar is an established historical fact he would have been born around 794 and died around 872 in Dublin from a sudden and hideous according to the monks of the time. A Viking grave
Halfdan I Ragnarsson reputed to be one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. He participated in raids in England in 855, then became one of the leaders of the Great Viking Army. He ruled London in 871 and 872, where coins were minted with his image. In 875, he seized Northumbria and became King of Yorkunt
Guthrum the Elder († c. 890), also known by his Christian name Æthelstan, was a 9th century Viking king of Danelaw. The adjective ancient comes from the fact that there is a later Guthrum, also king of the Vikings. In 854, he killed the titular Viking ruler and embarked on a vast war against Wessex
The Great Heathen Army, also called the Great Danish Army or simply Grande Armée is a Viking army from Denmark which plundered and conquered a large part of England at the end of the 9th century. Even if, unlike many other Scandinavian formations which operated at that time, the sources that have co
Egbert or Ecgberht was King of Wessex from 802 until his death , in 839. Supposed son of King Ealhmund of Kent, he was forced into exile in the 780s by Kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex. After taking refuge in the court of Charlemagne, he seizes the throne of Wessex on the death of Beorh
Edmund the Martyr (died November 20, 869) was the last king of East Anglia before the conquest of this kingdom by the Vikings. Considered a saint after his death, his feast day is November 20. Due to a lack of written records, the late history of the kingdom of East Anglia is poorly understood, and
Deira is an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the 6th and 7th centuries. According to Simeon of Durham, the kingdom extended from the Humber to the Tyne, but the country was desert north of the Tees. After the absorption of the Kingdom of Ebrauc, York became the capital of Deira. Prior to this, the capital wa
The Danelaw (or Danelagh; Dena lagu in Old English, Danelov in Danish), as defined in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, is the name given to the part of Great Britain where the law of Danes” (Dane), the Viking invaders from Denmark (as well as Norway), and where this law superseded that of the Anglo-Saxons
Bamburgh Castle (pronounced Bambrah, as we do not say Edinburgh, but Edimbrah) is located in the county of Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast. It is erected on a long rocky ridge (extremely hard magmatic rock) parallel to the coast and which emerges from the dune cordon along the shore.
Expansion of the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira in the 7th century. Bernicia (Beornica in Old English) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom located in present-day northern England and southern Scotland. Founded in the 6th century, it united with the neighboring kingdom of Deira in the early 7th century to fo
The Battle of Mount Badon (Mons Badonicus in Latin, Mynydd Baddon in Welsh) is a battle won by the Bretons over the Anglo-Saxons around the year 500, during the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Brittany. The King Arthur myth surrounding the battle, as well as the scant and conflicting information that has c
The Battle of Tettenhall, sometimes called the Battle of Wednesfield, took place on August 5, 910. It pitted the forces of Wessex and Mercia against an army of Northumbrian Vikings, in Mercia. The Anglo-Saxons won a major victory over the Vikings. At the beginning of the 10th century, a good part o
The Battle of Maserfield (or Maserfeld, or Maes Cogwy in Welsh) opposed the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia on August 5, 642. Oswald died in the battle and his kingdom was conquered. The Welsh annals report 644 as the date, but 642 is the most commonly accepted. Since t
The Battle of Brunanburh saw the victory of King Athelstan and his brother Edmund over the combined armies of Olaf Gothfrithson, the Viking King of Dublin, Constantine II of Scotland and Owen of Strathclyde. Some sources also mention Irish and even Welsh mercenaries. Primary sources Primary sources
The Caspian Sea is a large saltwater lake -the largest in the world- of 371,000 square kilometers and an average depth of 170 meters, which is fed by several rivers, the most important of which is the Volga. All this gives it a strategic situation, acting as a common natural border between Russia, A
The revolutionary movement isolates France from the rest of monarchist Europe. The country is therefore confronted with internal threats (counter-revolution) as well as external ones (coalition of European monarchies) generating significant political and social tensions. In August 1791, the declarat
The name of Demetriou Chrysostomos will not mean anything to most people. He was the Orthodox bishop of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction) of Zante, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, who has gone down in history as a hero along with the local mayor, Loukás Karrer, for having defied the Nazis by
Detail of the Huei Tzompantli, an Aztec skull tower dating from the end of the 15th century, discovered in Mexico City • AFP These are 119 new human skulls, impaled horizontally, which have just been exhumed in the basement of Mexico City, the ancient capital of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlán, which w