Blogs about: King Ecgfrith

PW: Queen Cynewise of Mercia2 comments

Michelle wrote 1 month ago: Queen Cynewise is one of the few early Mercian queens that we have any information on at all. The on … more »

Tags: King Oswald, Medieval Kings, Queen & Abbesses, Mercia, Northumbria, Penda of Mercia, Queens, Venerable Bede, Wessex

LKM: Deira

Michelle wrote 2 months ago: Its not too difficult to do little known kingdoms. Its possible to seem comprehensive when you don … more »

Tags: Alcuin, Anglo-Saxons, Deira, Edwin of Deira, Hild of Whitby, King Æthelfrith, King Oswald, King Oswine, Lost Kingdoms

PW: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria1 comment

Michelle wrote 2 months ago: On May 20th, 685 King Ecgfrith of Northumbria fell deep in Pictland at Dunnichen to King Bridei, wh … more »

Tags: Northumbria, Venerable Bede, Medieval Kings, Audrey of Ely, Adomnan of Iona, Wilfrid of Ripon, Medieval Person of the Day, battles, Deira

LKM: Lindsey4 comments

Michelle wrote 4 months ago: [Updated 27 March 2008] This month’s lost kingdom is Lindsey, which makes up most of what is … more »

Tags: Northumbria, King Oswald, Mercia, Lost Kingdoms, Edwin of Deira, King Æthelfrith, King Oswiu, Anglo-Saxons, Paulinus of York

Sleepy King Ecgfrith

Michelle wrote 4 months ago: As Prof Cohen over at In the Middle is teaching Marie de France this week, I thought I would revisit … more »

Tags: Audrey of Ely, East Anglia, Marie de France

PW: Bishop Aethelwald of Lindisfarne

Michelle wrote 6 months ago: The person of the week for this week is Bishop Æthelwald of Lindisfarne, one of the possible owners … more »

Tags: Northumbria, Distilled Prayer, Venerable Bede, Anglo-Celtic, Lindisfarne, Melrose, Psalms, Medieval Person of the Day, King Aldfrith

LKM: Craven5 comments

Michelle wrote 7 months ago: This month’s lost kingdom is the British kingdom of Craven. It has been identified by placenam … more »

Tags: Northumbria, Medieval Kings, Wilfrid of Ripon, Ripon, Stephen of Ripon, Lost Kingdoms, Britons, craven

St Andrew's Appeal7 comments

Michelle wrote 7 months ago: St Andrew’s appeal in Britain is one of those stories of meandering coincidences that are comm … more »

Tags: Heavenfield, Audrey of Ely, Hexham, canterbury, Wilfrid of Ripon, Scotland, Picts, Anglo-Saxons, Gregory the Great

Early Memories of Audrey of Ely1 comment

Michelle wrote 8 months ago: I’ve been reading Virginia Blanton’s Signs of Devotion (2007) and I find that I need to … more »

Tags: Venerable Bede, Audrey of Ely, Hagiography, Queen & Abbesses, Wilfrid of Ripon, Stephen of Ripon, Liber Eliensis, lost life of Æthelthryth

King Edwin's Sister's Son1 comment

Michelle wrote 8 months ago: Thinking more about Willibrord’s devotion to St. Oswald and Oswald’s placement on Willib … more »

Tags: Beowulf, Bernicia, Cadwallon of Gwynedd, Deira, Edwin of Deira, Ethnogenesis, king arthur, King Oswald, King Oswiu

Bede and King Ecgfrith's Associates

Michelle wrote 10 months ago: I was thinking yesterday about the phases of Bede’s career and his devotion to two local saint … more »

Tags: Audrey of Ely, Hagiography, Lindisfarne, Medieval Kings, Northumbria, Venerable Bede, monastic patrons, St. Cuthbert


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