Difference between revisions of "Heptarchy"
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This is the name used to describe the configuration of the rulership of England (excepting Scotland and Wales) during the Anglo-Saxon period and continuing until the Viking invasion and the advent of the Danelaw. The seven major kingdoms of which the Heptarchy was comprised are listed below.
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East Anglia
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Essex
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Kent
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Mercia
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Northumbria
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Sussex
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Wessex
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