The Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy
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Published 2022-10-22
Check out the first part at: • Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
And the second part at: • The Anglo-Saxon Settlement of Britain
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Sources:
www.gutenberg.org/files/657/657.txt Anglo Saxon chronical by Bede
Asser's Life of King Alfred
Bede and the Gewissae: The Political Evolution of the Heptarchy and Its Nomenclature, Walker, H.E, Cambridge Historical Journal 12 (1956)
The Anglo Saxons, James Campbell, Oxford Phaidon (1982)
The Kingdom of Kent, Witney, K.P, London Phillmore (1982)
Pictures:
Anglo-Saxon burial site: www.prittlewellprincelyburial.org/
St. Martins Church, Ryarsh, Kent by Glen: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Martins_Church…
Canterbury Cathedral from the cloisters by Kai Hendry: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canterbury_Cathedr…
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All Comments (21)
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Funny how people comment that Britain now has a German monarch, but don’t say much how they used to have a French one. They’ve just returned to their roots.
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One of the most underrated history channels on the platform. Hoping that the algorithm takes more people here
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Great video! Anglo-Saxon history is a very interesting time period
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"... there was no Vortigern" is a huge, highly contested POV
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This is a great video on Anglo-Saxon history, which is an over-looked and underrated part of history.
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Great video! I had heard or learned somewhere that the word "sheriff" is from the Arabic "sharif" and it was borrowed by English speakers during the Crusades. Interesting to hear about "shire reeve" (and the internet seems to support that as the basis for the word "sheriff"). Just goes to show that we cannot always rely on things we heard or learned in the past and must always be open to new information.
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I am so glad these amazing history channels are appearing in my recommended
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Using these for a subject I have at university (anglo-saxon history and culture) as a way to better understand and remember! Loved all your videos so far! Hoping these will continue! Thank you for making these! :)
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I personally think the Bernicians were descendants of the Frisians, explaining a extremely early Roman Period settlement as Frisian mercenaries were known to live in the region by Rome. Romans left behind a Brythonic kingdom who mingled with the Frisic cultures.
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I wish the Celtic names of Wessex' supposed founders was mentioned. A Celtic elite adopting Germanic customs is an interesting tale indeed.
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Well done Know History. It would be great if you did the other cultural perspectives in the same timeline in Britannia.
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Great find in my feed. Your channel has tons of potential and keep up the great content!
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Missed a golden opportunity to describe the East Anglian regions of Suffolk and Norfolk. AKA south folks and north folks.
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Waiting for the next video, as explained at the end of the video! Great work!
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It’s really interesting that nobles eventually decided only nobles should have weapons—the relationships between egalitarianism and the ownership of weapons. Underrated concept that the video does well to bring up!
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Brilliant analysis and thank you so much it's so useful❤
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Cerdic, is a Briton name, so while Cerdic may have been an invader, I think it is more likely that Cerdic hired Saxons to conquer a swathe of land in exchange for marrying into the Saxon tribal system as a chief, using the Old Saxon language instead of British Latin or Old Brytonnic. Cerdic could also be a mistranslations of the Briton name, "Caradog" as Cerdic could have been pronounced as Kerdig.
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This channel is so underrated.
