Northumbria - Wikipedia Northumbria ( n ɔːr ˈ θ ʌ m b r i ə [6]) was an early medieval kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland The name derives from the Old English Norþanhymbre meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", [7] as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary
Northumbria | Anglo-Saxon Kingdom, England | Britannica Northumbria, one of the most important kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, lying north of the River Humber During its most flourishing period it extended from the Irish Sea to the North Sea, between two west–east lines formed in the north by the Ayrshire coast and the Firth of Forth and in the south
Kingdom of Northumbria - World History Encyclopedia The Kingdom of Northumbria (c 604-954 CE) was a political entity in the north of modern-day Britain with Mercia directly to the south, the Kingdoms of the Welsh to the west, and the land of the Picts to the north; the eastern line of the kingdom was bordered by the sea
Northumbria - Wikiwand Northumbria was an early medieval kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland
Northumbria: A coastline of castles, creativity and culture Northumbria was one of the most significant Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the north of the Humber to ever exist At its peak the Kingdom of Northumbria stretched from the Irish Sea to the North Sea with a northern border on the Firth of Forth and its southern border at the Humber
Kingdom Of Northumbria - Encyclopedia. com Northumbria, Kingdom of Largest kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England Formed in the early 7th century, it included ne England and se Scotland up to the Firth of Forth In the age of the historian Bede and the Lindisfarne Gospels , Northumbria experienced a blossoming of scholarship and monastic culture
How the Kingdom of Northumbria changed Anglo-Saxon England During its turbulent four-century history, the kingdom of Northumbria clashed with Pictish warriors, Welsh kings and Viking raiders Fiona Edmonds tells the story of an ambitious realm that changed the face of early medieval Britain
Kingdom of Northumbria : The Anglo-Saxon era - Englands North East Northumbria was by this time a backwater, no longer a big player in English affairs This became blatantly clear in 829 when the most powerful king in England, Egbert King of Wessex and Mercia called a meeting with Eanred of Northumbria at Dore near Sheffield on the Northumbria-Mercia border
Northumbria, kingdom of | FactMonster Northumbria, kingdom of nôrthŭmˈbrēˈə , one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England It was originally composed of two independent kingdoms divided by the Tees River, Bernicia (including modern E Scotland, Berwick, Roxburgh, E Northumberland, and Durham) and Deira (including the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire), both settled by
NORTHUMBRIA - Encyclopedia. com NORTHUMBRIA A kingdom of the Angles before the unification of England, from the Humber to the Forth In the 7c, its leadership was recognized by the other kingdoms and its monasteries were in the forefront of European religious life