The Northumbrians: North-East England and Its People: A New History

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Iron and Coal by William Bell Scott, a Tyne study which can be seen at Wallington Hall (Image: Newcastle Chronicle)

Cummins, WA (2009). The Age of the Picts (2nded.). Brimscombe Port Stroud, Gloucester: The History Press. Pirie, E.J. E (1982). "THE RIPON HOARD, 1695: CONTEMPORARY AND CURRENT INTEREST" (PDF). British Numismatic Journal. 52. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022.The Northumbrian/Roman diocese of the Picts was abandoned, with Trumwine and his monks fleeing to Whitby, stalling Roman Catholic expansion in Scotland. [17]

The battle ended with a decisive Pictish victory which severely weakened Northumbria's power in northern Britain. Ecgfrith was killed in battle, along with the greater part of his army. The Pictish victory marked their independence from Northumbria, who never regained their dominance in the north. The macho-posturing associated with North East men may be seen today as one of the uglier aspects of the region’s historical hangovers, but learning, literacy and curiosity have also been part of its story through the ages. ‘The greatness of Northumbria in the Dark Ages was based less on its political power than on the distinctive Christian culture that flowered there in art and learning and religious piety’ (9). This emphasis on literacy, exemplified in the medieval period by the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Codex Amiatinus and the work of the Venerable Bede, filters through into the second golden age of Northumbrian history: the great era of the ‘Northumbrian Enlightenment’ and the extraordinary inventiveness of the Industrial Revolution.Saints [ edit ] Saint Aidan Saint Cuthbert Saint Willibrord Saint Benedict Biscop Saint John of Beverley Name Liddy, Christian Drummond; Britnell, R. H.; Britnell, Richard (2005). North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Boydell Press. p.10. ISBN 9781843831273.