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- Season 1 Exploring How England Came to Be
- Season 1 The Rise and Fall of Roman Britain
- Season 1 The Germanic Migrations to Britain
- Season 1 The Britons Resist: The Legend of King Arthur
- Season 1 Everyday Life in 6th-Century Britain
- Season 1 The Birth of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
- Season 1 The Papal Mission to Britain
- Season 1 Sutton Hoo and the Early Anglo-Saxons
- Season 1 Irish Missionaries and Christianization
- Season 1 Kings of the North: Northumbria’s Ascent
- Season 1 Northumbria’s Century of Renaissance
- Season 1 Rise of the Midlands: Mercia’s Hegemony
- Season 1 Anglo-Saxon Law and Warfare
- Season 1 Fury of the Northmen: The Vikings Arrive
- Season 1 Alfred the Great: Defender of England
- Season 1 Alfred the Great: Builder of Institutions
- Season 1 Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Literature
- Season 1 Together at Last: Wessex Unites England
- Season 1 Monastic Reform: A Tale of Three Saints
- Season 1 The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art
- Season 1 Unfinished Business: The Vikings Return
- Season 1 Cnut the Great and the Danish Conquest
- Season 1 1066 and the Norman Conquest
- Season 1 Aftermath: From Anglo-Saxon to English
England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest - Season 1 Episode 12 Rise of the Midlands: Mercia’s Hegemony
0.00 32 minutes In this lecture, you will transition from Northumbria to the kingdom of Mercia in the midlands. The Mercian hegemony is important to English history because during an era of political expansion and consolidation, Mercia connected England to the European continent. Dig into the reign of two major kings and their role in Mercia’s success.
