The Irish monks who converted Northumbria to Roman Catholicism, and established monasteries such as Lindisfarne, brought a style of artistic and literary production. Eric took back the throne in 952, only to be deposed again in 954. 450-1100)-language text, Pages using infobox country or infobox former country with the flag caption or type parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2019, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 9 December 2020, at 19:46. Kings during the Danish rule of Northumbria (see Danelaw) were often either kings of a larger North Sea or Danish empire, or were installed rulers. Later royal coinage bears the name of King Eadberht (738–758), as well as his brother, archbishop Ecgbert of York. [29] However, in 865 the so-called Great Heathen Army landed in East Anglia and began a sustained campaign of conquest. Deposition by his brother Harold and the thegns of Northumbria. The rule of kings continued in that area with Ecgberht I acting as regent around 867 and the kings Ricsige and Ecgberht II immediately following him. David’s forces soon conquered much of Northumbria. He converted to Christianity and was baptised in 627; after he fell at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, he was venerated as a saint. He, along with Osberht and Uhtred, a fictional Ealdorman of Bernicia, lead a Northumbrian army to repel invading Danes at York. According to the latter, Ælla captured the semi-legendary Swedish-Danish Viking leader Ragnar Lodbrok and put him to death in a pit of snakes. [20] Ida reigned for twelve years (beginning in 547) and was able to annex Bamburgh to Bernicia. [22] Ultimately, neither were successful and Oswiu's son Ecgfrith succeeded him to maintain the integrated Northumbrian line. Northumbria's economy centred around agriculture, with livestock and land being popular units of value in local trade. [5], After this, the Vikings appointed a puppet king of Northumbria, named Ecgberht. Pages in category "Battles involving Northumbria" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. The two-halves of the double monastery Monkwearmouth–Jarrow were founded by the nobleman Benedict Biscop in 673 and 681. This style was integrated with the abstract ornamentation of the native pagan Anglo-Saxon metalwork tradition, characterized by its bright colouring and zoomorphic interlace patterns. This was due to the settlements of the Norse in the north and east of England, an area that became the Danelaw. Usage of the Insular style was not limited to manuscript production and metalwork. [28] After this initial catastrophic blow, Viking raids in Northumbria were either sporadic for much of the early ninth century or evidence of them was lost. [50] Edwin fell in battle in 633 against Cadwallon of Gwynedd and the pagan Penda of Mercia. [44] Although the A and E recensions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle report that Halfdan was able to take control of Deira and take a raiding party north of the River Tyne to impose his rule on Bernicia in 874, after Halfdan's death (c. 877) the Norse had difficulty holding on to territory in northern Bernicia. He was baptized by Paulinus in 627. While Norse sources claim that Ragnar's sons tortured Ælla to death by the method of the blood eagle, Anglo-Saxon accounts maintain that he died in battle at York on 21 March 867. [83] His successor, Abbot Ceolfrith, continued to add to the library until by one estimate the library at Monkwearmouth–Jarrow had over two hundred volumes. This can be seen in carved stone monuments and ring-headed crosses, such as the Gosforth Cross. Oswald fell in the Battle of Maserfield against Penda of Mercia in 642 but his influence endured because, like Edwin, Oswald was venerated as a saint after his death. Surrounded, the Northumbrians "fought upon each side with much ferocity" until both Osberht and Ælla were killed. [b] Historical documentation on his reign is scarce, but it seems Eric pushed out the joint English-Viking rulers of Northumbria in 947,[63] who then regained the land in 948 or 949. Northumbria, a kingdom of Angles, in what is now northern England and south-east Scotland, was initially divided into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira.The two were first united by Aethelfrith around the year 604, and except for occasional periods of division over the subsequent century, they remained so. Repeated Viking assaults on religious centres were one reason for the decrease in production of manuscripts and communal monastic culture. They returned to East Anglia and spent the winter of 869–70 at Thetford. 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