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Hengist and Horsa
Hengist and Horsa , names of two brothers who, according to tradition, led the Jutish invasion of Britain and founded the kingdom of Kent . Hengist would more properly be written Hengest. They are said to have been invited by Vortigern in 449 to help the Britons defend themselves against the Picts and Scots to the north, to have settled in Kent, and to have fought a battle with Vortigern, in which Horsa was killed (c.455). The names may all be mythical, but historians generally agree that in the 5th cent. a Jutish chief and his retinue did arrive in Kent, did serve a British king, and did revolt, and that various battles prepared the way for the later settlement of Kent by the Jutes. |
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"Hengist and Horsa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hengist and Horsa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HengistN.html "Hengist and Horsa." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HengistN.html |
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Hengist
Hengist and Horsa Jutish brothers, leaders of the first Anglo-Saxon invasion of England. According to BEDE, they were invited by King VORTIGERN to help reinforce British resistance to the raiding Picts and Scots (c.449). The ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE claimed that Hengist and Horsa were joint kings of Kent and that when Horsa was killed (455) in battle, Aesc, the son of Hengist (died c.488), succeeded him.
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"Hengist." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hengist." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HengistHorsa.html "Hengist." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HengistHorsa.html |
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Hengist and Horsa
Hengist and Horsa Reputed founders of the kingdom of Kent and its royal house. Bede was the first to identify the two brothers as the leaders of Germanic forces invited to Britain by Vortigern in 449; fuller accounts are provided in the 9th‐cent. Anglo‐Saxon Chronicle and Historia Brittonum
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JOHN CANNON. "Hengist and Horsa." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Hengist and Horsa." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-HengistandHorsa.html JOHN CANNON. "Hengist and Horsa." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-HengistandHorsa.html |
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