Wikipedia:WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
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Welcome to WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms on the English Wikipedia. We are a Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms from 410-1066, covering the formation of the Heptarchy and its evolution into the unified Kingdom of England , and to their cultural, historical and political legacy, both in myth, legend and in modern times.
This page and its subpages contain a number of suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below. If you would like to join us, please add your name to the list of participants below! |
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- To create the foremost reliable and accurate free-content encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in the English language.
- To improve coverage of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms by creating, expanding, and maintaining articles that describe all of its aspects.
- To provide guidelines and recommendations for such articles, and to serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in Wikipedia.
Scope
- Mother Projects: WikiProject Middle Ages
WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms was founded to support the improvement of articles dealing with the period between the
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Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.
- Sadads (talk · contribs) ( Will do support stuff and am really interested in contemporary fiction that reflects on the period) 13:12, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
- BabelStone (talk · contribs) (interested in creating/improving biographical articles) 22:53, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
- Wilfridselsey (talk · contribs) (interested in Anglo Saxon History generally, but more specifically in Sussex)11:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
- Brendandh (talk · contribs) (Norþhymbra Rīce, especially Beornica-rīce, from King Ida to present day Berwickshire) 11:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
- 07bargem (talk · contribs)- I want to learn about Mercia and would be happy to share what I learn.
- Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) - ecclesiastical history and topics touching on that. 17:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
- Deacon of Pndapetzim (talk · contribs) - Northumbria, Danelaw, Viking Age, ethnicity, saints & hagiography. Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 21:56, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Æthelred (talk · contribs) - General Anglo-Saxon history and culture, with a particular focus on Mercia. 12:54, 30 November 2011
- Dudley Miles (talk · contribs) - mainly later Anglo-Saxon biographical articles. 12:48 29 August 2012
- talk · contribs) - Interested in the Kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria and East Anglia. 16:12 14 November 2013
- Retroplum (talk · contribs) - Interested in various non-royal Anglo-Saxons of note, ealdormen, bishops, thegns, etc. 03:13, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
- Iazyges (talk · contribs) Mostly just GAN reviews. Iazyges Consermonor Opus meum 03:17, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
- C brighde (talk · contribs) - Interested in Anglo-Saxon history (including society, culture, language, art, literature, &c.). Student of Old English, Middle English, paleography, mediæval manuscripts, historical linguistics, and philology in general. Of course, no student of mediæval manuscripts lasts long without at least a workable reading knowledge of Latin! 00:52, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
- Qwerty number1 (talk · contribs) - most stuff, in particular battles. 22:05, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
- JeBonSer (talk · contribs) - Europa! 11:57, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
- Faust.TSFL (talk · contribs) - Anglo-Saxon history, especially onomastics Faust.TSFL (talk) 16:54, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
- EmilySarah99 (talk) 00:51, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
- GoldenBootWizard276 (talk · contribs) GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 11:30, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
- Rich Farmbrough (talk · contribs) All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC).
- WebSurfingSerf (talk · contribs) - Bede enjoyer
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New articles
Please feel free to list your new Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them, are at least over 1,000 characters, don't have any dispute templates on them, and cite their sources, should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Wikipedia Main Page.
- Gandersheim Casket
- Sutton Hoo helmet
- Ingwær
- Airdeconut
- Kentish Royal Legend
- On the Resting-Places of the Saints (expanded)
- Odda, Ealdorman of Devon
- Beorn Estrithson
- Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon
- Battle of Buttington - added this to the project, not exactly new but had been neglected!
Englisc Wicipǣdia
Articles in this WikiProject will be of particular interest to the Englisc Wicipǣdia and speakers of Old English are encouraged to participate in the translation of project articles.
Categories
Main Categories which contain Project articles
- Category:Anglo-Saxon England
- Category:Sub-Roman Britain
- Category:Anglo-Norse England
- Category:Anglo-Saxon settlements
- Category:Battles involving the Anglo-Saxons
Important Historical regions for the period:
- Category:East Anglia
- Category:Essex
- Category:Kent
- Category:Mercia
- Category:Northumbria
- Category:Sussex
- Category:Wessex
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- 18 Mar 2025 – Edward the Martyr (talk · edit · hist) will be Today's Featured Article; see blurb
Peer reviews
- 19 Feb 2025 – Battle of Edington (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by Thelifeofan413 (t · c); see discussion