Mercia

Offa’s one son, Ecgfrith of Mercia, is fundamentally very important to Offa’s reign. Historically, Ecgfrith was one of the first consecrated English kings. This is said to have been organized by Offa in order to make it known that he was the heir to his father’s throne. This is one instance in which Offa is perceived as a blood or power driven leader. He specifically had to have his son be his successor that he went to lengths so much as to have relatives be killed so that not even a thought…

The Battle of York- The Great Heathen Army Isabella Romano On the 21st of March 865, a group of Scandinavian warriors known as the Great Heathen Army, attacked England, in the city of York, back then known as Northumbria. Their invasion of Northumbria had the intention of many aspects, such as, their strong feelings of revenge, ambition, and temptation of England’s riches, as well as to conquer settlements for new lands. However, according to numerous articles, the Great Heathen Army was on a…

Old English literature is also referred to Anglo-Saxon literature. The Anglo-Saxons were settlers from Germany that originate from the names Angeln and Saxony. The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for 600 years, from 410 to 1066. They went to Britain after the fall of The Roman Empire, around AD 410. Roman armies were needed, so they left Britain in the fifth-century to fight for their land. The Anglo-Saxons were basically their own leaders in the new land and did not contribute much, or anything to…

home secretary, Theresa May, who stated that the full merging of police forces would “sacrifice identity and accountability” and recommended greater collaboration between forces rather than merging. She cited a successful collaboration between West Mercia and Warwickshire forces, who managed to pool their resources and share investigations, as an example (Guardian,…

End of the Roman Empire The Viking age spanned from 800 CE and 1000 CE, the Viking age marked the end of the Vendel Era which spanned from 550 CE and 793 CE, right after the Migration Period. This was during the dilapidation of the Roman Empire, the Western Roman Empire ultimately ended in 476 CE. The Franks, became the dominant ruler, the Byzantine Empire also known as the Eastern Roman Empire continued for another millennium before falling. Why did the Vikings Start Raiding? The Vikings are…

the Britain. Anglo-Saxon settlers had a strong war-chief(cyning or king in another word ), and the king had a small army and ruled kingdom. The ruler in Britain was bretwalda who is the strongest king during this period. Especially, Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and East Anglia were five important kingdoms around 600. As the feature of Anglo-Saxon, the classes are not equal. The king was the top of the society and everyone follow it, and the most strong Anglo-Saxons were thanes after the…

Kershaw used different tools and methods to be able to studying the Vikings lifestyle. In the first place, (Kershaw, 2015, p. 2) described that during the 8th century Vikings conquered the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia. But, they settled in Northern and Eastern England, which they called Danelaw. Meaning, Danelaw was rule by the vikings. Also, (Kershaw, 2015, p. 2) make emphasis that researchers have used traditional archaeological methods, however most of them…

good example of how it is important to not forget the past, but South Africa is a different society or at least it is trying to be. I had a discussion with a few of my classmates and somebody suggested that the Rhodes statue should not have been taken down, but a plaque placed on the statue. I thought that was an interesting comment and I am still wondering what happened to the statue that was taken down. I believe I read on the Mail and Guardian how there was another Cecil Rhodes statue near a…

The Early Middle Ages are commonly referred to by historians as the “Dark Ages”, due to several factors, including the lack of written documents that would reveal important details about the lives of people during this time, as well as the state of political unrest and civil uprising that was at play, because of the recent collapse of the Roman Empire in Western Europe. This was a time during which nations and alliances were constantly forming and shifting, resulting in many wars and battles.…

the fire the pome lost may lines (Greenblatt & Abrams). With the pomes author not being know the author is known as the Beowulf poet. Though it was written in English and given a tittle from more contemporary editors it is thought to be a dialect of Mercia, Midland England. Even though it is an Epic Old English pome it is based of German descents of two south Scandinavian tribes (Greenblatt & Abrams).…