heptarchy 1

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Definicja

a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of south, east, and central England during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, conventionally identified as seven: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex.

  • 1.Though heptarchy suggests the existence of seven kingdoms, the number fluctuated, as kings contended for supremacy at various times within the conventional period.
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