Sovereignty and power in the kingdoms of Kent and Northumbria in Brittania’s late Antiquity
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2019v12n23p728Keywords:
Sovereignty, Northumbria, Kent, Auctoritas, PowerAbstract
The kingdoms of Kent and Northumbria, which were located respectively in Southern and Northern Britain of the seventh century, played an important role in this period. While the first one was distinguished by its geographic position and the commercial advantages it provided, especially through exchanges with the Franks, the second one distinguished itself predominantly by its military power and kings who succeeded in establishing diverse alliances and greatly expanded their territory. Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, written by the monk Bede in the eighth century, mentions seven rulers who were sovereign in Britannia, among them, one from Kent, king Æthelberht (591-616), and three other from the kingdoms that later came together to form Northumbria, Edwin of Deira (627-32), Oswald of Bernicia (633-41) and Oswiu of Northumbria (641-58). In light of the discussions about sovereignty and auctoritas, the objective of this work is to analyze the political-historical context of the kingdoms of Kent and Northumbria in a timespan of sixty years (ca. 600 - 660), to point out the main relations of power, political successions and other relevant relations in the period, in order to examine the concept of sovereignty on these localities.References
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WOOD, Ian N. The continental connections of Anglo-Saxon courts from AEthelberht to Offa. In: LE RELAZIONI internazionali nell’alto medioevo. Spoleto: Fondazione Centro Italiano di Studi sull’Alto Medioevo, 2010. p. 443 – 478.
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YORKE, Barbara. Kings and kingdoms of early anglo-saxon england. London: Routledge, 1990.
YORKE, Barbara. The convertion of Britain: religion, politics and society in Britain c.600-800. London: Routledge, 2014.
ZIEGLER, Michelle. Oswald and the Irish. A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe, [S. l.], v. 4, 2001. Disponível em: http://www.heroicage.org/issues/4/ ziegler.html#anchor1261579. Acesso em: jul. 2018.
ZIEGLER, Michelle. The politics of exile in Early Northumbria. The Heroic Age, [S. l.], v. 2, 1999. Disponível em: https://www.heroicage.org/issues/2/ha2pen.htm. Acesso em: jul. 2018.
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BELMAIA, Nathany Andrea Wagenheimer. Sovereignty and power in the kingdoms of Kent and Northumbria in Brittania’s late Antiquity. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 12, n. 23, p. 728–757, 2019. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2019v12n23p728. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/36016. Acesso em: 4 jul. 2024.
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