Bernicia
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Bernicia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England.
Northumbria.rise.600.700
Northumbria
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Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
Bernicia
…and East Lothian, stretching from the Forth to the Tees. In the early 7th century, it merged with its southern neighbour, Deira, to form the kingdom of Northumbria, and its borders subsequently expanded considerably. The Old English name Beornice is the tribal name, translated as 'Bernicians'. The name of the…
Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 700, featuring zoomorphic knot-work.
The Book of Kells, (folio 292r), c. 800, showing the lavishly decorated text that opens the Gospel of John
Sword pommel from the Bedale Hoard, inlaid with gold foil.
Gosforth Cross, view from the north-west