Middle Angles

Middle Angles in Mercia

The Middle Angles were an important ethnic group in the kingdom of Mercia during the Anglo-Saxon period. It is probable that Angles moved into the Midlands from East Anglia early in the 6th century. The area they occupied is now centred around modern Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.^[1] They were in place before the reign of Penda (c.626-655). He made his eldest son, Peada, King of the Middle Angles in 653.^[2] For some time they kept their own identity in Mercia. The Middle Angles had their own bishop based in Leicester.^[1]

Middle Angles Media

Position of the Middle Angles in relation to other ethnic groups, c. 600
A map of Mercia, made using information from OpenStreetMap, Hill 'An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England' and Stenton, 'Anglo-Saxon England'

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Barbara Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England (London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1990), p. 107
↑ Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 252

Other websites

The Middle Angles, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, The History Files

[Yorke107-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Barbara Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England (London: B. A. Seaby Ltd., 1990), p. 107

[2] Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens (New york: Carroll & Graf, 1999), p. 252

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