Medievalists.net » Penda of Mercia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Holding The Border: Power, Identity, And The Conversion Of Mercia http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/holding-the-border-power-identity-and-the-conversion-of-mercia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/holding-the-border-power-identity-and-the-conversion-of-mercia/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:28:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38554 Examining the conversion of the kingdom of Mercia from the perspective of that kingdom’s origins and development and its rulers’ interests and concerns will enable us to understand both resistance and conversion to Christianity in seventh-century England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/06/holding-the-border-power-identity-and-the-conversion-of-mercia/feed/ 0 Penda the Pagan: Royal sacrifice and a Mercian king http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/penda-the-pagan-royal-sacrifice-and-a-mercian-king/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/20/penda-the-pagan-royal-sacrifice-and-a-mercian-king/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:18:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29451 Regicide was a common occurrence in the early Middle Ages. It was a fairly routine way for a victorious usurper or conqueror to rid himself of a potential source of trouble. Penda's reputation in this field would almost certainly have been viewed with some approval had he been a Christian, and his foes pagan...

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