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Part 3: The Reign of King Eádfrith (648AD to 657AD) 648AD King Eowa of Mercia dies and his kingdom is divided between his eldest sons with the eldest, Osmund, gaining Southern Mercia and his brother Éaldwulf gaining the the northern half of the Mercian kingdom. The latter proves to be an...

Hi everybody: Firstly, and in keeping with my tradition of cocking-up pretty much everything I post, I managed to forget to add the introduction and I've thus edited my first post. Secondly I thought I'd make another post just to get a few bits of useful information posted that I might not...

Part 2: The Reign of King Osfrith 642AD King Osfrith of Northumbria musters his army with his brother Eádfrith and cousin Osríc before the royal stronghold of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh, Northumberland), and then leads this host of thanes north to invade the Briton kingdom of Gododdin; an ancient...

Probably, at some point. I'm aware of where I'd like events in Britain, and to a lesser extent France, to go but beyond that i will admit to being, somewhat, adrift at sea (and therefore likely to make glaring errors) As an aside...is the font size better for the first post now?

Well first off its good to know somebody liked the previous version. Regarding the font, I might need to edit that when I get home, as on this computer that font's larger than I thought...yet apparently its also smaller...

Well if you'd like a basic outline of the history of Northumbria or any of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms then you can use this website: http://www.dot-domesday.me.uk/saxkingdoms.htm

Just a couple of things: firstly the next update will be going up in a few days time, and secondly I hope some of you guys are enjoying this.

So I've decided that its about time that I had a go at writing something else, and then I though of this old chestnut! This is a revamp of my very first attempt at Alternate History, from way back in 2008, about a kingdom of Northumbria ruled by the Deiran dynasty under King Edwin and his...

Oh I completely agree with this; I was merely pointing out that other tribal groupings did take part in the migration to Britain and were, in all likelihood, simply absorbed by the more numerous Angles and Saxons.

I think you mean Procopius of Caesarea who stated that Britain in his day was inhabited by three tribes named Angles, Frisians and Britons. Then there's also that qoute from Bede's Ecclesiastical History about Ecgbert having visions of God that suggests that a larger number of tribes took part...

These are a couple of good websites: From Dot to Domesday historyfiles.co.uk - Island of Britain AD450 They've both got some general information on Anglo-Saxon, Briton and Pictish history that I've used before. In addition I can add a couple of suggestions on good books about the Anglo-Saxon...

Ultimately i don't think you can make Mercia itself much stronger or larger than it already was historically; it had pretty much spread as far as geography would allow. You've got the mountains of Wales to the West, a Northumbria too large to absorb to the north, the North Sea to the East and a...

I'd say the 7th December, 1941, as before that it was essentially two separate conflicts. On the one hands there's Germany & the Axis states in Europe fighting against the British Empire & the Soviet Union, and on the other hand you had Japan and China waging their own war against one another...

In fairness I should really have specified that I was referring to OTL, rather than leaving it ambiguous, and inferring it related to TTL. The regiments brought over from Ireland have ended up with a rather unfair reputation for desertion and mass desertion to the enemy, that wasn't...

In fairness to the Earl of Montrose there are two mitigating factors that should be borne in mind. Although the Covenanters behaved themselves fairly well in England; they certainly didn't in the early years of the war in Ireland. The behaviour of the Earl of Montrose's army was to a...

Gah! That should be Latham, not Liverpool. You might be interested in reading this if you want to know more about Lancashire in the Civil Wars. And to get back on topic, really enjoying the TL. Has Plymouth been taken by the royalists in TTL?

Broadly speaking, Lancashire supported Parliament. There was a significant catholic minority however that rallied to the King, and between 1642 and 1643 a small army raised by the Earl of Derby did its best to regain control of the county, and fought about a dozen battles against a larger...

It did in OTL in Northumberland and Yorkshire Changing things that early on in history unfortunately means that, beyond having nations with the same names, you'll likely not recognise it.

Ah, ignore the bit about the Normans...that just the bias of a Yorkshireman ;) I think its more a case of me advising you not to make certain glaring mistakes that I did, but what the hell. For England: The trend in Anglo-Saxon England was towards consolidation into larger kingdoms during...

You'd need a more successful Northumbria, at least initially, with a POD between the reigns of King Eadwine and King Ecgfrith if the Kingdom is to maintain possession of Edinburgh and the surrounding lands. The issue of religion is likely to remain to a debilitating one however for a while...