Inglise keelt kõnelevate maade ajalugu lühikonspekt
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
kingdom of Wessex, stands out for his social and
educational reforms and for military successes against
Danes
Improved the army and navy, bought vessels bigger than
vikings
The first town planner
By 880s Wessex was covered with public strongholds,