26
Oct
Posted by Michelle in Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, King Aldfrith, King Ecgfrith, Lindisfarne, Northumbria. Tagged: Jarrow Lecture 2009. Leave a Comment
During a fall when I’ve been too busy for blogging, I got a great medieval surprise in my snail mailbox. For the first time I can remember the Jarrow Lecture has been published in the year it was given! Kudos to Barbara Yorke! She gave a very interesting and thought provoking lecture. So thought provoking [...]
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16
Dec
Posted by Michelle in Adomnan of Iona, Gododdin/Lothian, Iona, King Aldfrith, King Ecgfrith, Northumbria, Picts, Wilfrid of Ripon. Tagged: Berhtfrith, Berhtred, Cinead mac Alpin, Duke Berht, Dunbar, ealdorman, hillforts. Leave a Comment
I was reading Tim Clarkson’s The Picts: A History (2008) last week and I came across the following:
The sources credit him [Cinead mac Alpin] with six campaigns in Northumbria, during which he seized the coastal fortress of Dunbar and burned the monastery of Old Melrose on the River Tweed. Dunbar was an important stronghold of [...]
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29
Nov
Posted by Michelle in Bernicia, Dalriada, Ethnogenesis, King Ecgfrith, Medieval Kings, Northumbria, Picts, lost kingdoms. Tagged: hillforts. 5 Comments
What I would like to explore today is the hypothesis that the early Bernicians were viewed as outsiders by the southern English, including in Deira and Lindsey.
The Bernician heartland outside of the former Roman province may have also made them seem more barbarian to even the Anglo-Saxons. Was there a long held suspicion that these [...]
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9
Nov
Posted by Michelle in Aedan mac Gabran, Aidan of Lindisfarne, Audrey of Ely, Bernicia, Britons, Cadwallon of Gwynedd, Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Edwin of Deira, Hexham, Historia Brittonum, Iona, King Aldfrith, King Ecgfrith, King Ida, King Oswald, King Oswiu, King Æthelfrith, Lindisfarne, Medieval Kings, Northumbria, St. Cuthbert, Venerable Bede, Wearmouth-Jarrow, Wilfrid of Ripon, lost kingdoms. 13 Comments
Bernicia or Bryneich?
We know that the name of the kingdom was British and their name for it was Bryneich. No one has put forth a compelling translation for Bryneich. It appears to have been the southern part of Votandini (Gododdin) territory under the Romans, although it may have been independent then just without its [...]
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23
Aug
Posted by Michelle in Adomnan of Iona, Battles, Dalriada, Iona, King Bridei ap Beli, King Ecgfrith, Medieval Kings, Northumbria, Picts. Tagged: Duke Berht. 5 Comments
I was reading more of Clarkson’s The Picts today and came across his references to the burial of King Ecgfrith on Iona after the battle of Dunnichen. Ecgfrith’s burial is only mentioned by Symeon of Durham, which is quite late but its so unusual and nonchilant that it is believable. No other English king was [...]
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