History 2405E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ealdorman, Monastery, Edward The Martyr
5 Nov 2013
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At alfreds deat in 899, wessex was passed to his son edward the elder who pursued military campaign against the danelaw, founding new settlements in the midlands to consolidate their conquests. By 918 all the danish settlers south of the humber had submitted to him/death of ethelfleda lead to the unification of wessex/mercia. In 937 a skilled military man named athelstan, leading a combined military army from wessex/mercia beat out norse vikings from ireland. This helped him to control yorkshire and reinforced control over wales. When he died in 939 nearly all of england was under his control. It seems as if an anglo saxon kingdom had been born. The west saxon kings were new to north/east england, therefore divisions remained between wessex, mercia, east anglia and the south west. West saxon emerged as the standard kind of english, but the.
