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heptarchy
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heptarchy the seven kingdoms of the Angles and the Saxons believed to have been established in Britain in the 7th–8th century.
The term appears to have been introduced by 16th century historians, in accordance with their notion that there were seven Angle and Saxon kingdoms so related that one of their rulers had always the supreme position of King of the Angles.
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Life savings. (UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
Magazine article from: Reason; 8/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...at sea. IN MAY 1993 THE RACING yacht Heptarchy, with a crew of 10, fouled its propeller...the lifeboat David Robinson located the Heptarchy and connected a line. After a five...days involve pleasure craft such as the Heptarchy. But the service has wide experience...
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Discovering antique maps
Magazine article from: Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...on rarity and condition, a fine example of an Anglo Saxon Heptarchy map dating from that year is valued between $3,000 and...A world map by Speed will cost over $15,000. The term Heptarchy indicates the seven kingdoms of the Angles and Saxons in Britain...
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Abstract, the part below the water confines side; Abyss, the lower part. (poem)
Magazine article from: Chicago Review; 3/22/1998; ; 589 words
; ...the surrounding part side or street Hence Drop; Drought, the surrounding part shut. Drown. England in the time of the Heptarchy, the water enclosing, Angles or Isle Land covered by water. End, The inclosing side; Endless, the place below. Flaw...
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The geographical pivot of history (1904).
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...human animals, have usually been accepted under the pressure of a common tribulation, and under a common necessity of resistance to external force. The idea of England was beaten into the Heptarchy by Danish and Norman conquerors; the id
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Complexity chart is bogus! / Frank Miele replies
Magazine article from: Skeptic; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...However, Carneiro offers this hypothesis: From 450 to 650, the period of rapid advance, the independent states of the Heptarchy evolved from little more than chiefdoms into full-fledged states. It is entirely possible that by 650 these small kingdoms...
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England's future in a federal republic; LETTERS.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/30/2009; 700+ words
; ...HG Wells suggested this at the turn of the 20th century and in 1905, W Saunders, a Fabian, suggested that an English heptarchy, consisting of seven provinces, be set up. In 1916, CB Fawcett, a geographer, published a book called "the provinces...
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The issue at hand.
Magazine article from: The Humanist; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...century. But Christianity was not introduced till the seventh century; the conversion of the first Christian king of the Heptarchy having taken place about the year 598, and that of the last about 686. Here then, was a space of two hundred years, during...
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WE CARE OUT OF LOVE, NOT DUTY: Dear Jo.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/8/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...QUESTION In response to the question about who was the first King: England, in the 9th Century, had seven kingdoms (the Heptarchy) - Kent, Sussex, Essex, East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex. The King of Wessex was Ecgberht (802-839...
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Creativity
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/5/2002; ; 521 words
; ENGLAND SPLITS up into the Heptarchy, the seven ancient kingdoms that were unified at Dore, near Sheffield in 798 AD. We wondered what some of the consequences might...
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Interview with Bernard Lewis
Transcript from: Special Report with Brit Hume (Fox News Network); 4/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...century. Now, imagine trying to make a point in the political campaign or in war propaganda by referring to the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy or to the Carolingian monarchs in France, roughly contemporary. SNOW: Well, of course, this would be the time, the seventh...
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heptarchy
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
heptarchy The description of 7th‐cent. England as a ‘heptarchy’ probably derives, ultimately, from the historian Henry of Huntingdon, writing in the earlier 12th cent. The idea was that there were seven kingdoms...
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kingdom of Sussex
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
kingdom of Sussex one of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy (seven kingdoms) in England, located S of the Weald. It was settled in the late 5th cent. (according to tradition in 477...
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England
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...condition of being English, especially by birth. 2 . a population outside of England that is English or of English descent. heptarchy English History . the seven principal concurrent early English kingdoms. — heptarch , n . — heptarchic...
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Wales
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...national identity for centuries). Border wars were chronic between the Welsh and the seven English kingdoms known as the heptarchy. The sturdy Welsh fighters, who took the name Cymry [compatriots], withstood the forces of the kings of Mercia and Wessex...
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English Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...urban life, as groups of Germanic Angles, Jutes, and Saxons carved the country into tribal enclaves and later created the heptarchy. This diverse group of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms vied among themselves for control of the island and later resisted the...
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