Tribal hidage
The tribal hidage is a list of which of 34 south the size of the Humber situated Anglo-Saxon indicates kingdoms and tribal areas.
The original list was drawn up in Mercia between the mid-7th and late 9th centuries. Whether the Tribal Hidage represents a uniform work or has been compiled over a longer period of time is just as unknown as the intended use. It may be a tribute or tax list. The numerous small Central English ethnic groups and tribes mentioned indicate older social structures from which Mercia and the other kingdoms of the heptarchy also emerged . The spatial allocation of the smaller areas is partly uncertain.
The oldest surviving manuscript ("Review A" in MS Harley 3271) was written in Old English and dates from the 11th century. The Latin "Review B" from the 13./14. Century shows only minor differences.
MS Harley 3271
| text | area | Size in hides |
| Myrcna landes is þrittig þusend hyda þær mon ærest Mrycna hæt. | Mercia | 30,000 |
| Wocen sætna is syfan þusend hida. | Wocensætna | 7,000 |
| Westerna eac swa. | Magonsæte ( Cheshire ) | 7,000 |
| Pecsætna twelf dog hyda. | Pecsætna | 1,200 |
| Elmed sætna syx dog hyda. | Elmet | 600 |
| Lindesfarona syfan þusend hyda mid Hæþ feldlande. | Lindsey and Hatfield Chase | 7,000 |
| Suþ gyrwa syx dog hyda. | South Girwa | 600 |
| Norþ gyrwa syx dog hyda. | Northern Girwa | 600 |
| East wixna þryu dog hyda. | Ostwixna | 300 |
| West wixna syx dog hyda. | Westwixna | 600 |
| Spalda syx dog hyda. | Spalda | 600 |
| Wigesta nygan dog hyda. | Wigesta | 900 |
| Herefinna twelf dog hyda. | Herefinna | 1,200 |
| Sweord ora þryu dog hyda. | Sweord ora | 300 |
| Gifla þryu dog hyda. | Gifla | 300 |
| Hicca þry dog hyda. | Hicca | 300 |
| Wiht gara syx dog hyda. | Isle of Wight | 600 |
| Noxgaga fif using hyda. | Noxgaga | 5,000 |
| Ohtgaga twa þusend hyda. | Ohtgaga | 2,000 |
| þæt is six ond syxtig þusend hyda ond an hund hyda. | That is (sum) | 66,100 |
| Hwinca syfan þusend hyda. | Hwicce | 7,000 |
| Ciltern sætna feower þusend hyda. | Chiltern Hills | 4,000 |
| Hendrica þryu þusend hyda ond fif hund hyda. | Hendrica | 3,500 |
| Unecungaga twelf dog hyda. | Unecungaga | 1,200 |
| Arosætna syx dog hyda. | Arosætna | 600 |
| Færpinga þreo hund hyda. | Færpinga | 300 |
| Bilmiga syx dog hyda. | Bilmiga | 600 |
| Widerigga eac swa. | Widerigga | 600 |
| Eastwilla syx dog hyda. | Ostwilla | 600 |
| Westwilla syx dog hyda. | Westwilla | 600 |
| East engle þrittig þusend hida. | East Anglia | 30,000 |
| Eastsexena syofon þusend hyda. | Essex | 7,000 |
| Cantwarena fiftee þusend hyda. | Kent | 15,000 |
| Suþsexena syufan þusend hyda. | Sussex | 7,000 |
| Westsexena dog þusend hyda. | Wessex | 100,000 |
| Ðis ealles twa hund þusend ond twa ond feowertig þusend hyda ond syuan hund hyda. | These all (sum) | 242,700 |
| (without calculation errors | 244,100) |
literature
- 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 .
Web links
- The Tribal Hidage on the Georgetown University website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (Eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , Wiley-Blackwell, 2000, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 , pp. 455– 456
- ^ British Library, MS Harley 3271, f. 6v
- ↑ The Tribal Hidage on the Georgetown University website