Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
Ireland
Turning-point: all the Eng kingdoms could not
be united under one primate
Offa´s Dyke
An enourmous linear earthwork, continuous
barrier betwwen England and Wales, from sea
to sea
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Constructed in 8 C by king Offa- ruler of
Anglian kingdom of Mercia
Dyke was to place boundary between his
domain and Welsh kingdom of Powys
20 m wide, 8 m high
A defensive work, nowadays border still
folllows the remains of Offas dyke
Redwald Sutton Hoo
Redwald was a king ofEast Anglia, whose
burial was opened in 1939 at Sutton Hoo of
the East Anglian coast
Redwald was buried in a ship under a mound,
with his armour, weapons, treasures
Ceremonial whetstsone can be scarcely
anything than a sceptre
Treasure is now in British museum
Alfred the Great and the rise of
Wessex to cultural pre-eminence
Alfred the Great was the king of southern Anglo-Saxon
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