Bernicia
a 6th- and 7th- century Anglian kingdom, merged with Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria, in present-day NE England and SE Scotland.
Historical Examples
The English Church in the Middle Ages William Hunt
Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI Various
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) John Richard Green
Domesday Book and Beyond Frederic William Maitland
Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune A. D. Crake
The Paladins of Edwin the Great Clements R. Markham
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 Various
History of the English People, Volume I (of 8) John Richard Green
A Student’s History of England, v. 1 (of 3) Samuel R. Gardiner.
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