R?dwald of East Anglia
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 82 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5106-5697-8
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! R?dwald (Old English: R?dwald, "power in counsel"); also Raedwald or Redwald, (died around 624) was a 7th century king of East Anglia, a long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the son of Tytila of East Anglia and a member of the Wuffingas dynasty (named after his grandfather, Wuffa), who were the first rulers of the East Angles. Details of R?dwald's reign are scarce, primarily because the Viking invasions of the ninth century destroyed the monasteries in East Anglia where many documents would have been kept. He reigned from about 599 until his death, initially under the overlordship of ?thelberht of Kent. In 616, as a result of fighting the Battle of the River Idle and defeating ?thelfrith of Northumbria, he was able to install Edwin, who was acquiescent to his authority, as the new king of Northumbria. In the battle both ?thelfrith and R?dwald's son R?genhere, were killed....
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