Eorpwald

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The Kingdom of East Anglia in the early Anglo-Saxon period

Eorpwald (also Earpualdus ; † 627 / 628 ) was in the 7th century king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia of the dynasty of wuffingas .

Life

Eorpwald was a son of King Rædwald . After his death between 616 and 627, probably around 625, he succeeded him to the throne. King Edwin of Northumbria , whom Rædwald had helped to the throne, had risen to the position of Bretwalda (great king) and around 627 "persuaded" Eorpwald to give up the "superstition of idols" ( idolorum superstitionibus ) and to accept Christianity for himself and his whole country. Eorpwald was probably baptized in Northumbria. With the conversion of East Anglia, Edwin was certainly also pursuing political goals: his influence on East Anglia, supported by the Northumbrian clergy, increased considerably and strengthened his hegemonic power. The change of faith was apparently only superficial and owed to Bretwalda's wish. There were no indications for the development of church infrastructure, such as B. the establishment of a diocese, handed down. A little later the "heath" ( vir gentilis ) Ricbert slew King Eorpwald and usurped the throne. East Anglia fell back into paganism. To what extent this act was religiously or politically motivated remained unclear.

Eorpwald is venerated as a martyr in the Anglican Church .

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literature

  • Richard Hoggett: The Archeology of the East Anglian Conversion (Anglo-Saxon Studies), Boydell & Brewer , 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-595-0
  • Nicholas J. Higham: The convert kings: power and religious affiliation in early Anglo-Saxon England , Manchester University Press, Manchester 1997, ISBN 978-0-7190-4828-9
  • Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (Eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Beda: HE 2,15
  2. ↑ Nicholas J. Higham, Rædwald , in: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Enzyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , p. 508.
  3. ^ A b c Richard Hoggett: The Archeology of the East Anglian Conversion (Anglo-Saxon Studies), Boydell & Brewer, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84383-595-0 , pp. 30-31.
  4. ↑ The dating of baptism in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to the year 632 is considered incorrect.
  5. ↑ Nicholas J. Higham: The convert kings: power and religious affiliation in early Anglo-Saxon England , Manchester University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-7190-4828-9 , pp. 102-103.
  6. ↑ Nicholas J. Higham: The convert kings: power and religious affiliation in early Anglo-Saxon England , Manchester University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-7190-4828-9 , pp. 181-182.
  7. ↑ Saint Erpenwald : William Fleming Canon: A Complete History of the British Martyrs , London 1902, p. 20
predecessor Office successor
Rædwald King of East Anglia
around 625–627 / 628 		Ricbert
personal data
SURNAME Eorpwald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Earpualdus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH 627 or 628