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Northumbria was an early medieval Anglian kingdom in Northern England and South Scotland, unified in 651 by Bernicia. It was conquered by the Danes in the mid-tenth century and divided into York, Scotland and England.
Sep 20, 2024 · Northumbria was a powerful kingdom in the 7th and 8th centuries, known for its religious, artistic, and intellectual achievements. It was formed from the union of Bernicia and Deira, and later conquered by the Danes and the Scots.
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- Unification Under Aethelfrith
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Ida was the first king of Bernicia; he may have initiated the conflict with Deira by expanding his kingdom toward the south. Aethelfrith, grandson of Ida, expanded his kingdom through military conquest and repopulating formerly British regions with citizens from Bernicia. In c. 600 CE he defeated the Britons decisively at the Battleof Catraeth (a t...
When Aethelfrith united Bernicia and Deira, he disinherited the ruling house of Deira, notably Prince Edwin (r. 616-633 CE), the son of King Aelle of Deira (r. 560 CE). Aethelfrith encouraged unity of the two kingdoms by marrying Edwin's sister Acha, but Edwin recognized that he posed a threat to Aethelfrith's reign and wisely fled Northumbria. Aet...
Edwin had converted to Christianity in 627 CE, the first Northumbrian king to do so, and all the kings who succeeded him would be Christian. After his death, he was regarded as a martyrand then as a saint who had fought for the faith against the pagan Mercians under Penda. His successor, Oswald (son of Aethelfrith, r. 634-642 CE) would also be rega...
The Northumbrian focus on the practice of Christianity – far more intense at this time than in Wessex or Mercia – produced two of the finest scholars of the age: Bede (c. 672-735 CE) and Alcuin (c.735-804 CE). Bede is best known for his Ecclesiastical History of the English People(c. 731 CE), considered the first serious work on the history of Brit...
Egbert's supremacy was soon challenged, however, as Viking raids increased in Britain. The first Viking raid struck Northumbria in 793 CE at Lindisfarne where they sacked the monastery and murdered the monks. The next year they returned to sack the monastery at Jarrow and the year after that Iona fell to them. Egbert was defeated by a Viking army a...
Northumbria is featured in the TV series Vikingsthrough the character of King Aelle (played by actor Ivan Kaye) and his daughter Judith (played by Jennie Jacques). In the show, Aelle forges an alliance with Ecbert of Wessex through a marriage between Judith and Ecbert's son Aethelwulf. Judith betrays Aethelwulf through an affair with the former Vik...
Learn about the history of Northumbria, a medieval kingdom in northern Britain that was divided into Bernicia and Deira and later united by Aethelfrith. Explore its conflicts with Mercia, Wessex, and the Vikings, and its cultural achievements in Christianity and scholarship.
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Sep 14, 2023 · During its turbulent four-century history, the kingdom of Northumbria clashed with Pictish warriors, Welsh kings and Viking raiders. Fiona Edmonds tells the story of an ambitious realm that changed the face of early medieval Britain
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The Kingdom of Northumbria (c. 604-954 CE) was a political entity in the north of modern-day Britain with Mercia directly to the south, the Kingdoms of the Welsh to the west, and the land of the Picts to the north; the eastern line of the kingdom was bordered by the sea.
