- The
Heptarchy was the
division of Anglo-Saxon
England between the
sixth and
eighth centuries into
petty kingdoms,
conventionally the
seven kingdoms of...
- Sub-Roman Britain; the area was
settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era
called the
Heptarchy. It was
centred on the
River Trent and its tributaries, in a
region now...
- /ˈɛsɪks/, was one of the
seven traditional kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon
Heptarchy. It was
founded in the 6th
century and
covered the
territory later occupied...
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years from the mid-7th
century onwards it was the
dominant member of the
Heptarchy and
consequently the most
powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. During...
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Britain in the post-Roman period. They
founded several kingdoms of the
Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England.
Their name,
which probably derives from the Angeln...
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foreign tongue to the
various dialects of Old
English spoken across the
Heptarchy,
these being part of the Anglo-Frisian
branch of the West
Germanic family...
- Anglo-Saxon
kingdoms in the 5th and 6th
centuries are
conventionally called a
Heptarchy,
meaning a
group of
seven kingdoms,
although the
number of
kingdoms varied...
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considered to have been King of Wes****, even
though the
kingdoms of the
Heptarchy had not yet
formed from the
patchwork of
smaller kingdoms in his lifetime...
- H. E. (1956), "Bede, and the Gewissae: The
Political Evolution of the
Heptarchy and Its Nomenclature", The
Cambridge Historical Journal, 1956, Vol. 12...
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collapse of Mercia's
supremacy over the
other kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon
Heptarchy. His name
derives from the Old
English terms beorn 'man, warrior' and...
