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Author : Annie Whitehead
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445676531
The extraordinary history of Mercia and its rulers from the seventh century to 1066. Once the supreme Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was pivotal in the story of England.
Author : Sarah Zaluckyj
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Mercia (Kingdom)
ISBN : 1906663548
Author : Paul Barrett
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781036102609
Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain and treated as a barrier to advancement in a battle between new ideas and a new culture. Paul Barrett outlines the background to the Anglo-Saxon takeover in England and explores the broad concepts of the Angles’ traditional culture, before delving into the life of Penda (605 – 655). Penda’s life spanned the first half of the seventh century, the era which gave birth to national identities which still form the central components of modern Britain; Wales, Scotland, and England all take shape through this period. Penda’s seemingly impossible ascent to prominence starts on the very periphery of power and ends with the dominance of Britain. He is at the centre of Mercia’s birth, expansion and rise. Throughout his reign his kingdom becomes a bastion of stability in a period of endemic warfare, climate change challenges, cultural competition, and unstable nation-to nation relationships. Throughout his life Penda challenges the status quo and shows the value of cultural pluralism in a time when the growing power of a new faith, Christianity, was pushing all others into extinction. Guided by his loyalty to an ancient culture, service to his family, and his powerful Queen Cynewise, Penda launched Mercia towards eventual supremacy, which would last for over 200 years. He was the last of the great Anglo-Saxon heathen warlords.
Author : Daniel Wiles
Publisher : Swift Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800750708
'A brilliant debut' Guardian 1870s, the Black Country. Michael is a miner. But it's no life for a man. Michael exhausts himself working two jobs, to send his son Luke to school, so he won't have to be a miner too. Down the pit one day, he finds a seam of gold. If he gets it out, he can save his own life, and Luke's. But his workmate has other ideas... Mercia's Take summons an England in the heat of the industrial revolution, and the lives it took to make it. Gripping, powerful and intense, it is the debut of an astonishing new talent.
Author : Stephen Baxter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191528217
This book constitutes a major reappraisal of the late Anglo-Saxon state on the eve of its demise. Its principal focus is the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which obtained power in Mercia and retained it throughout an extraordinary period of political upheaval between 994 and 1071. In doing so it explores a paradox: that earls were extraordinarily wealthy and powerful yet distinctly insecure. The book contains the first extended treatment of earls' powers in late Anglo-Saxon England and shows that although they wielded considerable military, administrative and political powers, they remained vulnerable to exile and other forms of political punishment including loss of territory. The book also offers a path-breaking analysis of land tenure and the mechanics of royal patronage, and argues that the majority of earls' estates were held from the king on a revocable basis for the duration of their period in office. In order to compensate for such insecurities, earls used lordship and religious patronage to construct local networks of power. The book uses innovative methods for interpreting the representation of lordship in Domesday Book to reconstruct the affinity of the earls of Mercia. It also examines how the house of Leofwine made strategic use of religious patronage to cement local power structures. All this created intense competition between the earls of Mercia and their rivals for power, both at court and in the localities, and the book explores how factional rivalry determined the course of politics, and ultimately the fate of the late Anglo-Saxon state.
Author : MJ Porter
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781802807479
The start of a brand new series from bestselling author MJ Porter for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy. 'Immediate and personal' Bestselling author Matthew Harffy 'No lover of Dark Age warfare is going to be disappointed. Son of Mercia is personal, real, fascinating and satisfying.' S.J.A. Turney 'If you love history, fiction, adventure and great stories, grab a copy of Son of Mercia. You won’t regret it!" Eric Schumacher Tamworth, Mercia AD825. The once-mighty kingdom of Mercia is in perilous danger. Their King, Beornwulf lies dead and years of bitter in-fighting between the nobles, and cross border wars have left Mercia exposed to her enemies. King Ecgberht of Wessex senses now is the time for his warriors to strike and exact his long-awaited bloody revenge on Mercia. King Wiglaf, has claimed his right to rule Mercia, but can he unite a disparate Kingdom against the might of Wessex who are braying for blood and land? Can King Wiglaf keep the dragons at bay or is Mercia doomed to disappear beneath the wings of the Wessex wyvern? Can anyone save Mercia from destruction? 'MJ Porter recounts a sensitive, reluctant hero's coming-of-age within a Dark Age realm riven by chaos and conflict' Bestselling author Matthew Harffy ‘Refreshing... I was reluctant to put the book down’ Historical Novel Society Readers are spell-bound by Son of Mercia!: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'So real I felt I was there!... A page-turner' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Wonderful to read and hard to put down' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'I found the pages flying by... A great book' Reader review
Author : Rebecca Hardie
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501512421
Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in English history. Despite her multifaceted roles and family legacy, however, her reign and relationship with other women in tenth-century England have never been the subject of a book-length study. This interdisciplinary collection of essays redresses a notable hiatus in scholarship of early medieval England. Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England argues for a reassessment of women’s political, military, literary, and domestic agency. It invites deeper reflection on the female kinships, networks, and communities that give meaning to Æthelflæd’s life, and through this shows how medieval history can invite new engagements with the past.
Author : Michelle P. Brown,Carol Ann Farr
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054436277
Mercia was a dominant power in 8th-century Britain, and a major player in early medieval Europe. As well as focusing on the 8th and 9th centuries when Mercian power was at its height, this study also looks at the origins of the kingdom, and forward to the Viking settlement and West Saxon conquest.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Martin Wall
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780001319677
Author : Chris Peers
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781599921
In England in the eighth century, in the midst of the so-called Dark Ages, Offa ruled Mercia, one of the strongest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. For over 30 years he was the dominant warlord in the territory south of the Humber and the driving force behind the expansion of Mercias power. During that turbulent period he commanded Mercian armies in their struggle against the neighboring kingdoms of Northumbria and Wessex and against the Welsh tribes. Yet the true story of Offas long reign and of the rise and fall of Mercia are little known although this is one of the most intriguing episodes in this little-recorded phase of Englands past. It is Chris Peerss task in this new study to uncover the facts about Offa and the other Mercian kings and to set them in the context of English history before the coming of the Danes.
Author : Ian W. Walker
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : 0750921315
This pioneering book re-examines the events of the mid-eighth to the mid-tenth centuries to provide a completely fresh and more balanced account of the period.
Author : William George Searle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Names, English (Old)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035650980
Author : Stephen David Baxter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015073906508
Focusing on the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which retained power throughout an extraordinary period of political and dynastic upheaval, Stephen Baxter reassesses fundamental elements of late Anglo-Saxon government and society, offering a fresh interpretation of the structure of the late Anglo-Saxon polity and the origins of the Norman Conquest.
Author : Stacey GRIMALDI
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026562668
Author : Grimaldi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00030345
