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发信人: Systems (Queen Victoria Died), 信区: English
标 题: The Anglo Saxons--Offa
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月06日18:03:54 星期天), 站内信件
OFFA (r. 757-796)
Offa, king of Mercia seized the throne after a civil war, and established su
premacy over many lesser kings. He consolidated his position by marrying his
daughters to the kings of Wessex and Northumbria, and was the first ruler t
o be called 'king of the English'. Offa ruthlessly overcame strong oppositio
n in southern England. By the end of his reign, Offa was master of all Engla
nd south of the Humber. He had a frontier barrier (Offa's Dyke) built; this
continuous ditch and bank ran 149 miles along the boundary between the Merci
an and Welsh kingdoms 'from sea to sea'. Offa had dealings with the emperor
Charlemagne (a proposed dynastic marriage between their children came to not
hing), and he visited Rome in 792 to strengthen his links with the papacy. T
he English penny (silver currency) was introduced during Offa's reign.
In the first recorded coronation in England, Offa's son Ecgfrith was consecr
ated in 787 in Offa's lifetime in an attempt to secure the succession. Howev
er, Ecgfrith died childless, months after Offa. Offa's success in building a
strong unified kingdom caused resistance in other kingdoms. The Mercians' d
efeat at the hands of Egbert of Wessex at the battle of Ellendun in 825 mean
t that supremacy passed to Wessex.
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We are angels with but one wing.
To fly we must embrace each other.
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