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Entry: Anglo Saxon And British Kingdoms: The Saxon Heptarchy - A22550753
Author: Bob Stafford (Keeper of The Treacle Shadow) - U3151547

Please comment

Any one any ideas

I'll certainly return to this, Bob. Looks very interesting. Are you planning to write an entry covering the British kingdoms of this time period as well?

Hi laconian
Will do but I want to finish this first.

Hi Bob!

I'm afraid I don't see the relevance of the sections on Gods and missionaries. What has that got to do with Saxon kingdoms?

Secondly, can you reduce the amount of bold? Usually it's not used for emphasis in the EG, only for subdvisions lower than a subheader, if that makes sense. <./>WritingGuidelines</.>

I'll read again soon.

Hi Elentari

Thanks for the interest, bold redused.

The relevance of the sections on Gods and missionaries, is that this was the period of transition from pagen to christian and it is relevent to the Dane law and those who gave the early christians a hard time.

Advise welcome as always if it looks odd.

OK Bob, I've had a preliminary read through.

"By 600 Britain was mostly a collection of Christian kingdoms"
This sentence doesn't make it entirely clear whether these kingdoms are Celtic (ie. British) or Anglo-Saxon. The first read around I took it to mean that Britain was dominated by Celtic kingdoms. Then I remembered that I knew enough about this period of history to know better . But could you perhaps say 'Christian kingdoms - both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon - the last pagan kingdom being the Isle of Wight.'

"Other British peoples that were part of the Mercian kingdom included; "
Once again I think there should be a distinction between 'British' and 'Anglo-Saxon', because I always thought British was used to mean the Celtic inhabitants of the British Isles.

Wessex:
"Cornwall. Still refered to Dumnonia "
From my knowledge I thought Cornwall was Kernow and Dumnonia was a large (before the Saxons) British kingdom covering most of the south-west of Britain.

You don't give us much of the history of the larger kingdoms. The smaller kingdoms gets nice little paragraphs giving details of their history, but the larger ones just get a general description. Could you perhaps write a little on each talking about their kings, their development as kingdoms, and any other little tidbits of information which might be interesting?

And there's no mention of Offa's Dyke !

Nice entry, Bob. I can't think of any more content to add (beyond the extra detail in the history of the kingdoms), after that I won't make you write much more!

Hi laconian
Thanks for thr interst...

>>"By 600 Britain was mostly a collection of Christian kingdoms"
This sentence doesn't make it entirely clear whether these kingdoms are Celtic (ie. British) or Anglo-Saxon. The first read around I took it to mean that Britain was dominated by Celtic kingdoms. Then I remembered that I knew enough about this period of history to know better winkeye . But could you perhaps say 'Christian kingdoms - both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon - the last pagan kingdom being the Isle of Wight.'<<

All done please comment

>>"Other British peoples that were part of the Mercian kingdom included; "
Once again I think there should be a distinction between 'British' and 'Anglo-Saxon', because I always thought British was used to mean the Celtic inhabitants of the British Isles.<<

All done please comment

Wessex:
"Cornwall. Still refered to Dumnonia "
From my knowledge I thought Cornwall was Kernow and Dumnonia was a large (before the Saxons) British kingdom covering most of the south-west of Britain.

Altered please comment

A22550753 Anglo Saxon And British Kingdoms An Introduction.


>>You don't give us much of the history of the larger kingdoms. The smaller kingdoms gets nice little paragraphs giving details of their history, but the larger ones just get a general description. Could you perhaps write a little on each talking about their kings, their development as kingdoms, and any other little tidbits of information which might be interesting?<<

And then I thought I should do the kingdoms like this as to do it anyother way will make the entry to big It stands at 1990 words at the moment

A23671217 The Kingdom Of Essex.
A23671172 The Kingdom Of Kent.
A23671127 The Kingdom Of Sussex.
A23671091 The Kingdom Of Northumbrian (Nord Angelnen).
A23671055 The Kingdom Of East Anglia (Ost Angelnen).
A23671019 The Kingdom Of Wessex.
A23670948 The Kingdom Of Mercia (Mittlere Angelnen).


>>And there's no mention of Offa's Dyke !<<

There is now please say if that will be OK


Bob

>>"Other British peoples that were part of the Mercian kingdom included; "
Once again I think there should be a distinction between 'British' and 'Anglo-Saxon', because I always thought British was used to mean the Celtic inhabitants of the British Isles.<<

This bit applies to all the kingdoms mentioned, not just Mercia.

Hi laconian

Thanks all done now are the other ammendments and potential kingdom entries any good...

Hello there Bob . Why have you removed this from PR?

Hilaconian On advice I put it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F87274?thread=4263547&show=20&skip=0#pi3 Its getting very big it will end up around 6800 to 7800 words long it standa at 5700 words now and it will end up, I have had no response from the thread so far... any ideas

I was about to suggest doing this as a uni project, actually. You don't usually get an official response about starting the project (I didn't anyway). You just post there to announce that you're doing one so people who are interested can keep track of it. Good luck with it, and if you need any help with anything don't hesitate to ask .

I could do with a sub editor any ideas

I would ask at the subeditors page if I were you.