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East Anglia

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East Anglia , kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, comprising the modern counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. It was settled in the late 5th cent. by so-called Angles from northern Germany and Scandinavia. Little is known of its early history, but its large size and the fact that it was protected by fens probably made it one of the most powerful English kingdoms in the late 6th cent. Raedwald of East Anglia (d. 627?) followed Æthelbert of Kent as king of S England. He helped Edwin defeat Æthelfrith of Northumbria and seize the Northumbrian throne. This brief ascendancy was eclipsed... Read more

East Anglia, kingdom of
East Anglia, kingdom of. Anglo-Saxon migrants, possibly...some Frisian elements, settled early in East Anglia in the late 5th and early 6th cents. Its...and the foundation of St Albans abbey. East Anglia played an important part in events that... Read more

East Anglia, kingdom of
East Anglia, kingdom of Anglo‐Saxon migrants settled in East Anglia in the late 5th cent. Its difficult western...fell increasingly under Mercian control. East Anglia bore the main brunt of the Danish invasions... Read more

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