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The history of the Germanic kingdoms of England, from the Saxon Advent to the Norman Conquest. |
Anglo-Saxon History
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 The Anglo-Saxon Kings
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From the earliest rulers of the invaders to Harold Godwinson, last English king, this thread is for discussion of the pre-Norman kings of England.
In Old English, the word for "king" was 'cynning' - 'man of the kindred'. The earliest kings traced their ancestry to Woden. With the conversion to Christianity they extended this genealogy back through Noah and Adam to God himself. They were meant to be providers, protectors and shepherds of their people. And they were to be leaders in war. This thread is for discussion of these rulers and their times.
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Cerdic (* Hildegard Scylding, Jan 7, 2006 - 10:53 ) Penda of Mercia (* Widukind Yngling, Jun 9, 2005 - 07:07 ) re: a bit more on Anglo-Saxon Laws (* Volusian Amenemhat, Apr 9, 2005 - 10:06 ) A bit more on Anglo Saxon laws (* Neotne Cleisthenes, Apr 2, 2005 - 11:19 ) Raedwald (* Volusian Amenemhat, Mar 30, 2005 - 12:46 ) Rome and early West Saxon Kings (* Volusian Amenemhat, Mar 22, 2005 - 06:34 ) The Anglo Saxon Laws (* wraeccan Scylding, Sep 23, 2004 - 09:21 ) Does Edward the Elder deserve more credit? (* Gyrth Godwinson, Mar 31, 2004 - 09:24 ) Hard question (* Gyrth Godwinson, Mar 2, 2004 - 12:40 ) 1st King (* Cionaedh Cormac, Mar 2, 2004 - 09:52 ) Edward the Elder (* Gyrth Godwinson, Feb 6, 2004 - 11:17 ) The First King of England (* Harald Egilsson, Feb 4, 2004 - 16:40 ) Re: First King of England (* Gyrth Godwinson, Feb 4, 2004 - 15:07 ) List of Saxon and Danelaw Kings (* Regnar Sigurdsson, Feb 4, 2004 - 04:22 ) First King of England (* Regnar Sigurdsson, Feb 2, 2004 - 17:33 ) Quesiton on the first King of England (* Harald Olafsson, Feb 2, 2004 - 12:55 ) Offa and the Muslim coin (* Harald Egilsson, Feb 1, 2004 - 05:31 ) Mythological genealogies (* Harald Egilsson, Feb 1, 2004 - 05:28 ) Lineage Eadward the Elder (* Regnar Sigurdsson, Jan 30, 2004 - 22:15 ) Lineages (* Regnar Sigurdsson, Jan 30, 2004 - 00:13 )| 5 more |
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