The Anglo-Saxons also brought their own religious beliefs ... By the ninth century, the country was divided into four kingdoms - Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex.

In 927, Athelstan became the first king to rule over all of England — and it hadn't been an easy journey. Though he was the ...

Mercia was not only one of the most important of the seven principal Anglo-Saxon kingships into which England was roughly divided but also one of the most belligerent. Between A.D. 600 and 850 ...

The Mercian Chronicles Mercia is something of an orphan among the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. Despite having dominated the country’s core for a quarter of a millennium from AD 625 ...

Sharing power with her husband, Aethelred, Lord of Mercia, and ruling independently after his death, Aethelflaed commanded wide respect across the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Written documents from the ...

Aethelflaed was a powerful Anglo-Saxon leader. She was the daughter of Alfred the Great who left her money and land. She also married the most powerful noble of Mercia, Ethelred. Anglo-Saxons were ...