Posts by Amanda Moore INW
England as an Heptarchy
7 Kingdoms Making 1 England with Alfred uniting the enterprise and the Vikings creating the climate in which English Unification was a better option that continuing domination of the Vikings. The Kingdoms hold the key into how these regions fought and conquered and rose up against the invaders to reverse the fortunes of England and set in place what would hold until the Norman Conquest, how would we turn the corner and become one people as Bede had alluded to…
Read MoreEarly Historical Documents and Chronicles
have you heard of Bede? Wondered how we know what happened in the Anglo Saxon Period. Got a pet interest in early history of the British and the places in which they lived worked, fought and played? Then accessing these crucial early resources will be great for you and your history interests. A brief survey will give you the overview and find out about forthcoming eBooks which will help you further utilise these resources wihtout having to read then cover to cover…
Read MoreAnglo Saxon Burhs Map
Burhs were strategic military civil and trading locations, fortified and enabling Alfred and his successor to hold off a full-scale Danish invasion. Strategic locations, building on sound Roman foundations and existing earthworks and fortifications. These were crucial to Alfred’s success and to his son Edward the Elder, Explore the map and discover whether a town near you was part of the Anglo Saxon defense of the realm of Wessex and Mercia.
Read MoreEdgar King of Wessex and the English 959-975
Eadgar the Peaceable, what do we know…Anglo Saxon King of Wessex
Read MoreEdbald King of Kent circa 616-640
Eadbald, son of Aethelbert King of Kent who married his step-mother fails to expand the kingdom but manages to hang on to Kent.
Read MoreDumnonia and Dumnonii the Kingdom and People
The Dumnonii were they a group of celtic tribes, already established when the Romans invaded, and only subjugated finally by Egbert of Wessex in 838…along the path to the unification of England and subsequently Britain…
Read MoreKing Ine of Wessex 688-726
King Ine started British Law Code and ruled in Wessex, founding the stone church at Gastonbury Abbey and abdicating to go on a pilgrimage Rome, He did not expand his dominion of Wessex but he made other notable contributions and was committed to the early Christian Church.
Read MoreHarthacnut King of the Danes and the English
Harthacnut son of Emma and Cnut, short lived Kingship a stepping stone to Edward the Confessor…
Read MoreRichard II Duke and his sister Emma of the Normans 996-1026
Richard and Emma of the Normans, how did their actions create the spark that forged the conquest of England…
Read MoreFreehold, Freeholders and Leaseholders
Freehold and leasehold what are the historic connections and origins of these termms and do they relate to origins of Copyhold Tenure and Feudal Law…
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