The Eight Century Anglo Saxons
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- Created on: 10-01-20 12:21
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- The Eighth Century
- Tribal Hidage
- gives us many names
- every tribe in the list had a hide of land described
- tribute list making up the entire list of people in southern England
- suggests administrative growth
- gives us many names
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History finished 731
- turning point - writing for the English people
- Bede had influence over King Alfred
- bede and 8th century monk
- decades of offas coin reform are milestones of the administration and kingly power
- contacts with Charlemagne
- inspiration and a danger
- construction of offas dyke was a milestone showing military expertise
- gives insight into the relationship with the welsh
- offa wanted a middle kingdom and an Anglian kingdom that was not supposed to unite Northumbria and southern England
- off died in 796
- Mercian overlord ship still continued
- slight blip in 794 with east anglians ]
- turning point in kingship with annoingtin gof offas son
- after offa died mercia was unstable
- Mercian overlord ship still continued
- offas reign a turning point in the creation of the power of England or mercia?
- I think that it is the creation of mercia not England
- Milestone of spreading anglo saxon culture, ideas, and learning on the continent
- 730's York became an archbishopric officially
- bede's history was important culturally
- very popular in Europe
- there was letters from Jarrow saying that they couldn't keep up with demand and that the scribe was unwell.
- anglo Saxon saints become known on the continent
- very popular in Europe
- perod of 650-750 northumbrian renaissance
- 793 a group of Vikings raidied and looted Lindisfarne
- Viking raids started towards the end of the 8th century
- 716 Aethelbald became kind of mercia
- managed to exert control over all of southern England
- was challeneged early on but the he died
- aethelbald died in 757
- managed to exert control over all of southern England
- Offa famous king in mercia
- Never asserted dominance over welsh kingdoms
- Offas reputation recognised over seas as well
- Charlemagne and offa letter
- Tribal Hidage
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