James Fraser has written an interesting article on a very important seventh century English fortress called Urbs Iudeu. Fraser notes that the Urbs Iudeu is unlikely to be one of the better known named places on the Firth of Forth, this fortress gave its name to the firth itself, or took its name from the [...]
Archive for the ‘King Oswiu’ Category
9 Feb
FB: Din-Guaïroï /Bebbanburg/Bamburgh
You knew I couldn’t wait too long to do Bamburgh. Thanks to Bernard Cromwell it may be the best known Anglo-Saxon fortress site in England today anyway.
Din-Guaïroï
Din Guaïroï is the name given to Bamburgh in the Historia Brittonum, which then later tells us that it was renamed Bebbanburgh for Æthelfrith’s queen. The [...]
9 Nov
LKM: Bernicia/Bryneich
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 [...]
23 May
PW: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
On May 20th, 685 King Ecgfrith of Northumbria fell deep in Pictland at Dunnichen to King Bridei, who was somehow his cousin. As far as we know, Ecgfrith’s death at Dunnichen marked the deepest incursion into Pictland that we know of in the Anglo-Saxon period. Given that Ecgfrith invaded to prevent loosing hegemony, it [...]
26 Mar
LKM: Lindsey
[Updated 27 March 2008]
This month’s lost kingdom is Lindsey, which makes up most of what is considered Lincolnshire. The kingdom of Lindsey is a hypothetical kingdom because it never appears in the historical record as such. It is based on the Roman city of Lincoln and its environs. Lindsey apparently means Isle of Lincoln. Cut [...]
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