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Hace 2 días · Los datos, hoy, sirven a las historiadores no sólo para definir la desigualdad social (en Kent y en el siglo VII, el wergild de un señor importante era de 300 shillings, mientras que el de un puto mono era un tercio); sino, tambíén, para definir las diferencias de bienestar territorial (en la misma época, en Wessex, esas mismas indemnizaciones eran de 1.200 y 200 shillings, respectivamente).
Hace 2 días · By 878, the Vikings had overrun the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and nearly conquered Wessex, but in that year the West Saxons achieved a decisive victory at the Battle of Edington under King Alfred the Great.
Hace 2 días · Mercia and Wessex became allies, which was important in the resistance to Viking attacks. In 853, King Burgred of Mercia requested West Saxon help to suppress a Welsh rebellion, and Æthelwulf led a West Saxon contingent in a successful joint campaign. In the same year Burgred married Æthelwulf's daughter, Æthelswith.
Hace 2 días · In the reigns of Edmund I (939-46) and Eadred (946-55) there were c. 17 moneyers, and in the troubled reign of Eadwig (955-7 in Mercia, 955-9 in Wessex) as few as 11. Under Edgar (957-75) the mint became very active again, and there were c. 20 moneyers working there in 970.
Hace 1 día · Pero ¿quién fue y de dónde salió la leyenda? Se decía que Gordio, ... Su nombre es Gordio, la antigua capital del reino de Frigia de la Edad del Hierro, y tiene al menos 4.500 años.
Hace 2 días · Ælfthryth of Wessex Countess of Flanders 877–929 Second Daughter of King Alfred the Great and Queen Ealhswith: Baldwin II Second Margrave of Flanders c. 865 –918: Ælfwynn 'Second Lady of the Mercians' b. c. 888: King Æthelstan c. 893/895 –939 King of the Anglo-Saxons r. 924–927 King of the English r. 927–939: Ælfweard of Wessex c ...
17 de may. de 2024 · In the latter part of the 7th century the whole district was probably conquered by Æthelred of Mercia, but was reconquered a few years later by Caedwalla of Wessex; it remained with Wessex probably till Offa restored the supremacy of Mercia by the defeat of Cynewulf at the Battle of Bensington near Dorchester in 777, and so it continued a part of Mercia till all England was brought under the ...
