Kings and kingdoms of early anglo saxon england provides a unique survey of the six major anglo saxon kingdoms kent the east saxons the east angles northumbria mercia and wessex and their royal families examining the most recent research in this field. Surveys the history of the six best recorded anglo saxon kingdoms within the period ad 600 900 kent the east saxons the east angles northumbria mercia and wessex. Kings and kingdoms of early anglo saxon england provides a unique survey of the six major anglo saxon kingdoms kent the east saxons the east angles northumbria mercia and wessex and their royal families examining the most recent research in this fieldbarbara yorke moves beyond narrative accounts of the various royal houses to explain issues such as the strategies of rule the reasons for success and failure and the dynamics of change in the office of king sixteen genealogical and . Kings and kingdoms of early anglo saxon england provides a unique survey of the six major anglo saxon kingdoms kent the east saxons the east angles northumbria mercia and wessex and their royal families examining the most recent research in this field