The geographical and political entities which today are known as Britain (England and Wales), Great Britain (with ... This politically united entity was formed out of a large number of Post-Roman ...

In England, Scotland and Ireland, the Vikings established settlements and even kingdoms. They would, from the 780s until 1100, be a significant factor in the politics of all four countries.

The core of the United Kingdom as a unified state came into being with the political union of the kingdoms of England and ... financial supremacy of Great Britain. [4] From around 1750 to 1850, Whig ...

England was one of the wealthiest kingdoms in Europe. This was due to successful farming and trade in the towns and villages. The king, his earls and the Church all profited from this through taxes.

The early history of Mercia and its sub-kingdoms is obscure because no early traditions ... and West Saxon informants seem to know much about the settlement of central England; neither do the Welsh ...

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I shouldn’t tell you about the egg – a large ovoid of limestone laid incongruously in the outer Cotswolds. Ideally you’d ...

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4, p. 1360. The workings of royal and ecclesiastical authority in Anglo-Saxon England can only be understood on the basis ... Central themes include the formation of power in early Anglo-Saxon ...

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One of the most powerful kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, Mercia held a position of dominance for ... a short distance from Sutton Hoo (4 miles). Some of the coins in the ship burial were minted in AD ...