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- Northumbria - Wikipedia
Northumbria ( nɔːrˈθʌmbriə [6]) was an early medieval kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland The name derives from the Old English Norþanhymbre meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", [7] as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary
- Northumbria | Anglo-Saxon Kingdom, England | Britannica
Northumbria, one of the most important kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, lying north of the River Humber During its most flourishing period it extended from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, between two west–east lines formed in the north by the Ayrshire coast and the Firth of Forth and in the south
- Northumbria University | Uni Courses | Study in the Best Student City
With an expanding multicultural learning community, Northumbria (University of the Year 2022), in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a UK Top 25 university for Research Power across Europe
- Kingdom of Northumbria - World History Encyclopedia
The Kingdom of Northumbria (c 604-954 CE) was a political entity in the north of modern-day Britain with Mercia directly to the south, the Kingdoms of the Welsh to the west, and the land of the Picts to the north; the eastern line of the kingdom was bordered by the sea
- How the Kingdom of Northumbria changed Anglo-Saxon England
During its turbulent four-century history, the kingdom of Northumbria clashed with Pictish warriors, Welsh kings and Viking raiders Fiona Edmonds tells the story of an ambitious realm that changed the face of early medieval Britain
- Kings of Northumbria - Historic UK
Discover the story of the kings of Northumbria from Oswiu ( c 654 – c 670 AD ) to Ælla ( c 862 – c 867) who, according to the Norse sagas, captured the legendary Swedish-Danish Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok (Lothbrok) and put him to death in a pit of snakes…
- Kingdom of Northumbria : The Anglo-Saxon era - Englands North East
Northumbria was by this time a backwater, no longer a big player in English affairs This became blatantly clear in 829 when the most powerful king in England, Egbert King of Wessex and Mercia called a meeting with Eanred of Northumbria at Dore near Sheffield on the Northumbria-Mercia border
- Northumbria, kingdom of - Encyclopedia. com
Northumbria, Kingdom of Largest kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England Formed in the early 7th century, it included ne England and se Scotland up to the Firth of Forth In the age of the historian Bede and the Lindisfarne Gospels, Northumbria experienced a blossoming of scholarship and monastic culture Its power declined in the 8th century
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