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1. Egbert's England.

Author

Beech, George T.

Subjects
*GEOGRAPHIC names, *MEDIEVAL historiography, *HISTORY, *HISTORIOGRAPHY, BRITISH history to 1066, BRITISH kings & rulers
Abstract

The article discusses the claim that the word "England" was first used to describe that country by English King Egbert in the ninth century. It comments on the relation of this story in the chronicle the "Winchester Annals." The author considers the historiography on the subject and presents a theory that the name change may not have become permanent at that time. He analyzes conditions in Wessex, England in Egbert's reign and considers the later weakening of Egbert's power. The theory that England was named by the eleventh century English King Cnut is also noted.

Published
2013

2. The Origins of the Line of Egbert, King of the West Saxons, 802–839.

Author

Naismith, Rory

Subjects
*ROYAL houses, *KINGS & rulers -- Genealogy, *FAMILIES of royal descent, *MEDIEVAL kings & rulers, BRITISH history to 1066, BRITISH kings & rulers, BRITISH politics & government, to 1485
Abstract

Manuscript F of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (the ‘Domitian bilingual’) contains a laconic but tantalising addition to the annal for the year 784, stating that an obscure king named Ealhmund who ruled in Kent at that time was father of Egbert, king of the West Saxons. The claim of Kentish ancestry built primarily on this annal has provided fuel for considerable debate on the emergence and antecedents of Egbert's dynasty. This article critically re-examines the authority of this Kentish connection, and suggests that it is based on later extrapolation rather than any authentic ninth-century tradition. Other evidence for Egbert's ancestry and background is thin, but points more towards Wessex and its line of kings, especially from the time of Ine (688–726) and before. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2011
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