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Beaduheard
Beaduheard was an Anglo-Saxon reeve who was based in Dorchester in Dorset, who in 789 became the first known person killed by a Viking raid in England. Early life Nothing is known of Beaduheard's early life, including where he was born or who his parents were. However, his name (Beaduheard means "battle-hard") and position suggests that his family were of relatively high rank, from a martial background, and that he was over the age of 31, which is regarded as middle aged for the time. He was reeve during the reign of Beorhtric of Wessex, king of Wessex from 786 to 802. Death The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for AD 789 reports: ::787 89Here Beorhtric took King Offa's daughter Eadburh. And in his days came first 3 ships from Hordaland: and then the reeve rode there and wanted to compel them to go to the king's town because he did not know who they were; and then they killed him. These were the first ships of the Danish men which sought out the land of the English race. Æthelweard's v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dorchester, Dorset
Dorchester ( ) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome, Dorset, River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth, to the south. The civil parish includes the experimental community of Poundbury and the suburb of Fordington, Dorset, Fordington. The area around the town was first settled in prehistoric times. The Roman Britain, Romans established a garrison there after defeating the Durotriges tribe, calling the settlement that grew up nearby Durnovaria; they built an Roman aqueduct, aqueduct to supply water and an amphitheatre on an ancient British earthwork. During the medieval period Dorchester became an important commercial and political centre. It was the site of the "Bloody Assizes" presided over by George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Judge Jeffrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beorhtric Of Wessex
Beorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the List of monarchs of Wessex, King of Wessex from 786 to 802, succeeding Cynewulf of Wessex, Cynewulf. During his rule, however, his wife and father-in-law had most of the power. Early life The names of his parents are unknown but the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' claims that he was descended from Cerdic of Wessex, Cerdic. In 786, Cynewulf, the King of Wessex, was killed by Cyneheard the Atheling, Cyneheard, brother of the former King Sigeberht of Wessex, Sigeberht. Cyneheard the Ætheling, Cyneheard died soon after.Mike Ashley, ''The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens'', (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 312 Reign Becoming king Either with the help of his close ally Offa of Mercia, Offa, the List of monarchs of Mercia, King of Mercia, or quickly coming under his influence, Beorhtric became King of Wessex in 786, but he had to still contend the throne with Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Ecg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic peoples, Germanic settlers who became one of the most important cultural groups in Britain by the 5th century. The Anglo-Saxon period in Britain is considered to have started by about 450 and ended in 1066, with the Norman conquest of England, Norman Conquest. Although the details of Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, their early settlement and History of Anglo-Saxon England, political development are not clear, by the 8th century an Anglo-Saxon cultural identity which was generally called had developed out of the interaction of these settlers with the existing Romano-British culture. By 1066, most of the people of what is now England spoke Old English, and were considered English. Viking and Norman invasions chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sack Of Lindisfarne
The Sacking of Lindisfarne was a Viking raid in 793 CE, targeting the monastery on Lindisfarne, an island off the northeastern coast of England. The attack was carried out by Norse seafarers and is often considered the beginning of the Viking Age. Prelude The monastery, founded in 635 CE by Saint Aidan, was a major centre of Christian learning in Northumbria. The Viking raiders plundered its wealth, killed or enslaved monks, and desecrated sacred relics. The event sent shockwaves through Christian Europe, with contemporaries interpreting it as divine punishment. Following the raid, Viking incursions into the British Isles increased in frequency and scale. The attack on Lindisfarne foreshadowed later Norse settlements in England and the eventual establishment of the Danelaw. The monastery was later rebuilt, but its vulnerability led to shifts in defensive strategies across Anglo-Saxon England. Preparation The sacking in 793 CE was preceded by a series of significant cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
