Wessex
Ancient English kingdom
Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England, one of the most powerful before England unified in the 10th century.
Today the name survives mainly through Thomas Hardy, who used Wessex as the fictional setting for his novels, mapping it onto the rural counties of southwestern England: Hardy's Wessex novels capture Victorian rural life.
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- DanesCitizens of Copenhagen's country
- translationConverting between languages
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- literacyAbility to read, write
Southern English county
- DorsetSouthern English county
- WiltshireEnglish ceremonial county
- SomersetEnglish southwestern county
- DevonSouthwestern English county
Winchester · Salisbury · Bath · Exeter · Glastonbury · Isle of Wight · Stonehenge · Roman roads
Victorian novelist and poet
- TessShortened feminine name
- JudeHebrew-origin male name
- BathshebaBiblical queen, Solomon's mother
- DorchesterBoston residential district
pastoral · rural · tragedy · Victorian · fictional · literary · novels
Medieval English kingdom
- NorthumbriaEarly medieval English kingdom
- East AngliaEnglish region, three counties
- KentEnglish county near Dover
- thaneFeudal lord of Scotland
witenagemot · mead-hall · runes · shire · hundred
Vikings
Medieval Scandinavian seafarers
- DanesCitizens of Copenhagen's country
- translationConverting between languages
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
literacy · Anglo-Saxon Chronicle · reforms · chronicle · coinage
Hampshire
Southern English county
Devon · Winchester · Salisbury · Bath · Exeter · Glastonbury · Isle of Wight · Stonehenge · Roman roads · Watling Street
Thomas Hardy
Victorian novelist and poet
Dorchester · pastoral · rural · tragedy · Victorian · fictional · literary · novels
Mercia
Medieval English kingdom
- NorthumbriaEarly medieval English kingdom
- East AngliaEnglish region, three counties
- KentEnglish county near Dover
- British PlacesBuckingham Palace, England, Tower of London, London, Big Ben
- Anglo-SaxonsBeowulf, Mercia, Northumbria, East Anglia, thane
- Medieval Englandking, kings, castle, castles, knight
- Viking AgeVikings, longships, raiders, Odin, Norse settlers
- Ancient BritainBritannia, Albion, Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge
- Anglo-Saxon KingdomsEast Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria, Kent, Lindsey
WessexMercia
Medieval English kingdom
Northumbria · East Anglia · Kent · Essex · Sussex