Northumbrians by the 19th century had transformed the rivers of Tyne and Wear into a veritable Silicon Valley,” says Dan. By 1065, the Northumbrians were fed up with Tostig’s rule. According to the chronicler, Florence of Worcester (d. 1117), the assassinations of three prominent Northumbrians (named of Cospatric, Gamel and Ulf) were what finally caused the region to rebel against its tyrannical leader. Around October 3, 1065, a coup was reportedly launched by a group of local Northumbrian noblemen. At a time when Earl Tostig was away from Northumbria, the members of the coup marched with a small army to the earl’s seat of power at York. The rebellious force skillfully infiltrated the city, systematically executed around two hundred of Tostig’s loyal administrators, and seized control of the treasury and armory in York. With the city of York firmly in the conspirators’ hands, the maneuverings in Northumbria against Tostig transitioned out of the shadows and became a more public affair. Noblemen and peasants rallied behind the coup, and an anti-Tostig army was mobilized which reached a formidable size. Alcuinus, Flaccus Albinus (2006). "Excerpta ex Migne Patrologia Latina: Latinum - Latino - Latin". Documenta Catholica Omnia. Cooperatorum Veritatis Societas . Retrieved 3 April 2016.

If you mention Newcastle, as shorthand for the North East, to people in the south of England, most would have a clear view about what a typical Northumbrian would be like, whereas I don’t think they would have that sort of view of other cities,” he says. Ida was the warlord who carved out the northern-most Anglian kingdom, Bernicia, north of Hadrian's Wall, in the fertile farmlands around the River Tweed. This led to a struggle over territory in the 6th and 7th centuries with the Britons, who were based at Dumbarton on the River Clyde. It was a struggle that the Britons seemed to lose. Downham, Clare (2004). "Eric Bloodaxe – Axed? The Mystery of the Last Scandinavian King of York". Medieval Scandinavia. 14: 51–77. He had pondered questions about life in the North East, such as “Why are we so obsessed with football? Why do we love drinking so much? Why is everyone so funny?” Read More Related Articles Veitch, K (1997). "The Columban Church in northern Britain, 664–717: a reassessment" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 127: 627–647. doi: 10.9750/PSAS.127.627.647. S2CID 59506331. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2008 . Retrieved 3 September 2009.The Northumbrians is a] learned but accessible trawl through all things Geordie, from the Venerable Bede and the Vikings to Viz and Geordie Shaw.’ — The Lady The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester translated by Thomas Forester. London: Petter and Galpin, originally published in 1854. As a fan of north east history there were some great tidbits of information that I hadn't known and thoroughly enjoyed learning about. My huge pride for being from Sunderland was certainly bolstered by this book. Parsons, Julie (4 May 2002). The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D.685 (MA thesis). East Tennessee State University.

Iron and Coal by William Bell Scott, a Tyne study which can be seen at Wallington Hall (Image: Newcastle Chronicle) Another prominent contributor to the distinctiveness is the instantly-recognisable regional dialect, with its own particular words like “canny” or “howay”, with their several meanings. Read More Related Articles Angle power was in the ascendant. In 603 they defeated Aedan, Gaelic King of Dál Riata, at the battle of Degsastan.

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Berg, Knut (1958). "The Gosforth Cross". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 21 (21 (1/2)): 27–30. doi: 10.2307/750485. JSTOR 750485. S2CID 195032909. Bede. "The Life and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne". Internet History Sourcebook. Fordham University: The Jesuit University of New York. Chapter XXIV. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016 . Retrieved 23 March 2023. The macho-posturing associated with North East men may be seen today as one of the uglier aspects of the region’s historical hangovers, but learning, literacy and curiosity have also been part of its story through the ages. ‘The greatness of Northumbria in the Dark Ages was based less on its political power than on the distinctive Christian culture that flowered there in art and learning and religious piety’ (9). This emphasis on literacy, exemplified in the medieval period by the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Codex Amiatinus and the work of the Venerable Bede, filters through into the second golden age of Northumbrian history: the great era of the ‘Northumbrian Enlightenment’ and the extraordinary inventiveness of the Industrial Revolution. After the English from Wessex absorbed the Danish-ruled territories in the southern part of the former kingdom, Scots invasions reduced the rump Northumbria to an earldom stretching from the Tees to the Tweed. The surviving Earldom of Northumbria was then disputed between the emerging kingdoms of England and Scotland, to be split roughly in half along the River Tweed.

A map of Europe showing areas of major Viking incursions and the dates of famous Vikings raids. Credit: Adhavoc In the time of Bede, there were five languages in Britain: English, British, Irish, Pictish, and Latin. [c] [128] Northumbrian was one of four distinct dialects of Old English, along with Mercian, West Saxon, and Kentish. [129] Analysis of written texts, brooches, runes and other available sources shows that Northumbrian vowel pronunciation differed from West Saxon. [130] In 954 Illuib, King Constantine's son, captured Edinburgh, and Anglian power finally crumbled in Scotland when Malcolm II defeated the Northumbrians at the Battle of Carham in 1018 – taking the Scottish frontier to the Tweed. Dan talks about the strong sense many people feel about “belonging” to the North East – the pull of place. A wonderful book: full of amazing detail, wise, humane & balanced. Often hilarious, often upsetting; in love with its subject, but never blind to its problems. I can’t recommend it enough.’ — Tom Holland, historian, author and broadcasterCuesta, Julia Fernández; Ledesma, Nieves RodrÍguez; Silva, Inmaculada Senra (2008). "Towards a History of Northern English: Early and Late Northumbrian". Studia Neophilologica. 80 (2): 132–159. doi: 10.1080/00393270802493217. ISSN 0039-3274. S2CID 161587451.