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| In the 6th century, Bryneich was invaded by the ] and became known as ]. The Angles continued to press north. In around 600 the Gododdin raised a force of about 300 men to assault the Angle stronghold of ], perhaps ]. The battle, which ended disastrously for the Britons, was memorialized in the poem '']''. | In the 6th century, Bryneich was invaded by the ] and became known as ]. The Angles continued to press north. In around 600 the Gododdin raised a force of about 300 men to assault the Angle stronghold of ], perhaps ]. The battle, which ended disastrously for the Britons, was memorialized in the poem '']''. | ||
| In 638, '']'', although this name may be an anachronism,<ref name="campellone">Campbell, ''Edinburgh: A Cultural and Literary History'', 5.</ref><ref>Blackie, ''Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations'', 68.</ref><ref>Davies, ''Europe: A History'', 87.</ref><ref>Swanton, ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', 126.</ref><ref>Jordan-Bychkov, ''The European Cultural Area'', 243.</ref><ref name="Lost Edinburgh p3">Coghill, Hamish ''Lost Edinburgh'' p.3.</ref> modern (Edinburgh), was under siege and fell to the Angles, for the Gododdin seem to have come under the rule of Bernicia around this time. The battle of Nechtansmere soon followed in which the advance of the Angles of Bernicia was peremanently halted by King Nechtan of the Picts. The angles were gradually driven from Lothian and the borders. Bernicia became part of ], and by 954 was overrun by the ] kingdom of ] (York). |
In 638, '']'', although this name may be an anachronism,<ref name="campellone">Campbell, ''Edinburgh: A Cultural and Literary History'', 5.</ref><ref>Blackie, ''Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations'', 68.</ref><ref>Davies, ''Europe: A History'', 87.</ref><ref>Swanton, ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', 126.</ref><ref>Jordan-Bychkov, ''The European Cultural Area'', 243.</ref><ref name="Lost Edinburgh p3">Coghill, Hamish ''Lost Edinburgh'' p.3.</ref> modern (Edinburgh), was under siege and fell to the Angles, for the Gododdin seem to have come under the rule of Bernicia around this time. The battle of Nechtansmere soon followed in which the advance of the Angles of Bernicia was peremanently halted by King Nechtan of the Picts. The angles were gradually driven from Lothian and the borders. Bernicia became part of ], and by 954 was overrun by the ] kingdom of ] (York). By 1018 ] brought the region as far as the ] more securely under Scottish rule. | ||
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The Gododdin (Template:IPA-cy) were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britain (modern north-east England and south-east Scotland) in the sub-Roman period, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North. They are best known as the subject of the 6th-century Welsh poem Y Gododdin, which memorializes the Battle of Catraeth and is attributed to Aneirin.
The name Gododdin is the Modern Welsh form; it is derived, via Old Welsh Guotodin from the Brythonic language word Votadini, attested in Greek texts from the Roman period.
Kingdom
It is not known exactly how far the kingdom of the Gododdin extended, possibly from the Stirling area to the kingdom of Bryneich (Bernicia), and including what are now the Lothian and Borders regions of eastern Scotland. It was bounded on the west by the Brythonic Kingdom of Strathclyde, and to the north by the Picts. Those living around Clackmannanshire were known as the Manaw Gododdin. According to tradition, local kings of this period lived at both Traprain Law and Din Eidyn (Edinburgh, still known as Dùn Éideann in Scottish Gaelic), and probably also at Din Baer (Dunbar).
Cunedda, legendary founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in north Wales, is supposed to have been a Manaw Gododdin warlord who migrated southwest during the 5th century.
Later history
In the 6th century, Bryneich was invaded by the Angles and became known as Bernicia. The Angles continued to press north. In around 600 the Gododdin raised a force of about 300 men to assault the Angle stronghold of Catraeth, perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire. The battle, which ended disastrously for the Britons, was memorialized in the poem Y Gododdin.
In 638, Din Eidyn, although this name may be an anachronism, modern (Edinburgh), was under siege and fell to the Angles, for the Gododdin seem to have come under the rule of Bernicia around this time. The battle of Nechtansmere soon followed in which the advance of the Angles of Bernicia was peremanently halted by King Nechtan of the Picts. The angles were gradually driven from Lothian and the borders. Bernicia became part of Northumbria, and by 954 was overrun by the Danish kingdom of Jorvik (York). By 1018 Malcolm II brought the region as far as the River Tweed more securely under Scottish rule.
See also
Notes
- Claudius Ptolemaeus, "Geographia" (ca. 2nd century)
- Watson, 1926
- Jackson, 1969
- Historia Britonum, retrieved April 4, 2009.
- Campbell, Edinburgh: A Cultural and Literary History, 5.
- Blackie, Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations, 68.
- Davies, Europe: A History, 87.
- Swanton, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 126.
- Jordan-Bychkov, The European Cultural Area, 243.
- Coghill, Hamish Lost Edinburgh p.3.
References
- Ian Armit (1998). Scotland's Hidden History (Tempus ) ISBN 0-7486-6067-4
- Kenneth H. Jackson (1969). The Gododdin: The Oldest Scottish poem (Edinburgh: University Press)
- Stuart Piggott (1982). Scotland Before History (Edinburgh: University Press) ISBN 0-85224-348-0
- W.J. Watson (1926, 1986). The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland: being the Rhind lectures on archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916. (Edinburgh, London: W. Blackwood & Sons, 1926; Edinburgh: Birlinn, 1986, reprint edition). ISBN 1-874744-06-8
External links
- Skene, William Forbes (1869), The Gododdin Poems, Forgotten Books (published 2007), p. 108, ISBN 1605061670, retrieved 2008-08-09
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