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An 1824 map of the English and Welsh counties. Although all of England was divided into shires by the time of the Norman conquest, some counties were formed later, such as Lancashire in the 12th century. Perhaps because of their differing origins the counties varied considerably in size.
Within ten years nearly all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms fell to the invaders: Northumbria in 867, East Anglia in 869, and nearly all of Mercia in 874–77. [95] Kingdoms, centres of learning, archives, and churches all fell before the onslaught from the invading Danes. Only the Kingdom of Wessex was able to survive. [95]
This is a list of kingdoms and royal dynasties, organized by geographic region. Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. This is not a comprehensively exhaustive list and may require further additions or historical verification.
The English lands were unified in the 10th century in a reconquest completed by 927. [12] During the Heptarchy, the most powerful king among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms might become acknowledged as Bretwalda, a high king over the other kings. The decline of Mercia allowed Wessex to become more powerful, absorbing the kingdoms of Kent and Sussex in ...
The Danelaw (/ ˈ d eɪ n ˌ l ɔː /, Danish: Danelagen; Norwegian: Danelagen; Old English: Dena lagu) [2] was the part of England between the early tenth century and the Norman Conquest under Anglo-Saxon rule in which Danish laws applied. [3]
The origins of the English monarchy lie in the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. In the 7th century, the Anglo-Saxons consolidated into seven kingdoms known as the Heptarchy. At certain times, one king was strong enough to claim the title bretwalda (Old English for "over-king").
Hwicce (Old English:) was a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England.According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham.After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of the Battle of Cirencester.
The Kingdom of the East Angles (Old English: Ēastengla Rīċe; Latin: Regnum Orientalium Anglorum), informally known as the Kingdom of East Anglia, was a small independent kingdom of the Angles during the Anglo-Saxon period comprising what are now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and perhaps the eastern part of the Fens, [1] the area still known as East Anglia.