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Definition of Northumbria
1. Noun. An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England until 876.
Group relationships: England
Definition of Northumbria
1. Proper noun. (informal) North-east England; Northumberland. ¹
2. Proper noun. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northumbria
Literary usage of Northumbria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Francis Aidan Gasquet (1896)
"CHAPTER IV FIRST MISSION IN Northumbria—ITS SUCCESSES AND ITS DISASTER—BISHOP
PAULINUS AND ... Overthrow of Christianity in Northumbria and East. Anglia. ..."
2. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Under Oswiu and his son Ecgfrith, Northumbria continued to be a great state, ...
After that event Northumbria abandoned the Mercia. struggle for supremacy ..."
3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"In 948 the witan of Northumbria, headed by Archbishop Wulfstan, chose this Danish
prince for their king, though but a year before they had solemnly plighted ..."
4. History of Scotland by Peter Hume Brown (1899)
"his see in Lindisfarne Northumbria passed finally from Paganism to Christianity.
... Thus Christianized and consolidated, Northumbria appeared destined to ..."
5. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1885)
"It seems to have been extended into Northumbria on the north when Saint Oswald
the Northumbrian king was slain : but whether or not during the reign of ..."
6. The Conquest of England by John Richard Green (1883)
"The kingly house fell with him, and from this moment a strife for the crown
absorbed the whole energy of Northumbria. The throne was seized by /Ethelwold ..."
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