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 ====== Medieval England ====== ====== Medieval England ======
-===== Anglo-Saxon England c.500–1066 =====+\\  
 +===== Early Middle Ages===== 
 +==== Anglo-Saxon England c.500–1066 ==== 
 +\\  
 +[[rulers_of_east_anglia|Rulers of East Anglia]]\\  
 +[[rulers_of_mercia|Rulers of Mercia]]\\  
 +[[rulers_of_northumbria|Rulers of Northumbria]]\\  
 +[[rulers_of_kent|Rulers of Kent]]\\  
 +[[rullers_of_essex|Rulers of Essex]]\\  
 +[[rulers_of_wessex|Rulers of Wessex]]\\  
 +\\  
 +\\ 
 **Some key notes leading up to the formation of England as a single entity:**\\ **Some key notes leading up to the formation of England as a single entity:**\\
 \\ \\
 The [[heptarchy_of_anglo_saxon_kingdoms|Heptarchy]] of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ([[rulers_of_east_anglia|East Anglia]], [[rulers_of_mercia|Mercia]], [[rulers_of_northumbria|Northumbria]], [[rulers_of_kent|Kent]], [[rullers_of_essex|Essex]], Sussex, and [[rulers_of_wessex|Wessex]]) had, by the ninth century, been consolidated into four: [[rulers_of_wessex|Wessex]], [[rulers_of_mercia|Mercia]], [[rulers_of_northumbria|Northumbria]] and [[rulers_of_east_anglia|East Anglia]].\\  The [[heptarchy_of_anglo_saxon_kingdoms|Heptarchy]] of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ([[rulers_of_east_anglia|East Anglia]], [[rulers_of_mercia|Mercia]], [[rulers_of_northumbria|Northumbria]], [[rulers_of_kent|Kent]], [[rullers_of_essex|Essex]], Sussex, and [[rulers_of_wessex|Wessex]]) had, by the ninth century, been consolidated into four: [[rulers_of_wessex|Wessex]], [[rulers_of_mercia|Mercia]], [[rulers_of_northumbria|Northumbria]] and [[rulers_of_east_anglia|East Anglia]].\\ 
 \\  \\ 
-Kings from throughout Britain gathered in Eamont (Eamont Bridge, Cumbria), on the 12th of July 927((confirmation of 12th of July 972 attributed to Professor Sarah Foot)), where Æthelstan was recognised as //king of the English//. This date is concidered the 'foundation date' of England.+Kings from throughout Britain gathered in Eamont (Eamont Bridge, Cumbria), on the 12th of July 927, where Æthelstan was recognised as //king of the English//. This date is concidered the 'foundation date' of England.
 \\  \\ 
 \\  \\ 
 See [[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_14_B_V|Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings]], from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307). //British Library: Digitised Manuscripts.//\\  See [[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_14_B_V|Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings]], from the Heptarchy to Edward I as a king (1272-1307). //British Library: Digitised Manuscripts.//\\ 
 \\  \\ 
-=====Early Middle Ages=====+\\  
 +{{ :separator-black.png?nolink&300 |}}
 ====Kings of the Anglo-Saxons==== ====Kings of the Anglo-Saxons====
 [[alfred_the_great_871-899|Alfred the Great]] 871-899\\  [[alfred_the_great_871-899|Alfred the Great]] 871-899\\ 
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 //Rex Anglorum//\\  //Rex Anglorum//\\ 
 [[athelstan_925-940|Æthelstan]] 925-940\\  [[athelstan_925-940|Æthelstan]] 925-940\\ 
 +- Eamont Bridge\\ 
 +- Battle of Brunanburh\\
 [[edmund_940-946|Edmund I]], the Magnificent 940-946\\  [[edmund_940-946|Edmund I]], the Magnificent 940-946\\ 
 [[eadred_946-955|Eadred]] 946-955\\  [[eadred_946-955|Eadred]] 946-955\\ 
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 ====House of Wessex==== ====House of Wessex====
-Edward (the Confessor) 1042-1066\\ +[[edward_the_confessor|Edward (the Confessor)]] 1042-1066\\ 
 Harold II 1066\\  Harold II 1066\\ 
 \\  \\ 
 +\\ 
 +----
 +=====Reference=====
 +[[http://www.esawyer.org.uk/browse/sawyercat.html|Anglo-Saxon Charters in Sawyer's Catalogue]]\\ 
 +[[http://pase.ac.uk/index.html|The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England]]\\ 
  
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