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The Story Of Athelstan, The Unlikely Ruler Who Became The First King Of England
In 927, Athelstan became the first king to rule over all of England — and it hadn't been an easy journey. Though he was the ...
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The Anglo-Saxons
Eric Bloodaxe, the Viking ruler of York, was killed by the Wessex army in 954 and England was united under one king - Edred. Most of the information we have about the Anglo-Saxons comes from the ...
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What Is the Story of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important artifacts of English history. As a text, it is a remarkable record of ...
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What happened to the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings?
After Edward died, the English Witan (council of Anglo-Saxon kings) chose Earl Harold of Wessex as the next king. The Normans took over all of England, including the Danelaw. Duke William of ...
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The formidable Anglo-Saxon kingdom that modern Britain forgot
such as Wessex’s Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, has left it eclipsed by its better documented neighbours. Max Adams’s The Mercian Chronicles is a brilliantly executed attempt to recover Mercia from ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf the warrior Sigemund has ... Between A.D. 600 and 850 Mercia waged 14 wars with its neighbor Wessex, 11 with the Welsh, and 18 campaigns with other foes—and ...