It's not Bavaria, but an assault on this polity's city of Bamburgh was repulsed after a fire set to burn down its walls was blown into the enemy camp, allegedly due to the prayers of Saint Aidan.
It's not Bavaria, but an assault on this polity's city of Bamburgh was repulsed after a fire set to burn down its walls was blown into the enemy camp, allegedly due to the prayers of Saint Aidan. This polity's capital was sacked during a civil war by Ivar the Boneless. One ruler of this kingdom converted both himself and his priest Colfi to Christianity due to a missionary named Paulinus. The Codex Amiatinus was prepared in this polity as a gift to the Pope in its city of (*) Jarrow, and St. Cuthbert helped grow its monasteries at Melrose and Lindisfarne. This kingdom saw a dispute between the Celtic faction led by Colman and Hilda and the Roman faction led by St. Wilfrid resolved at the Synod of Whitby. At a battle fought near the Winwaed River, forces under its king, Oswiu, killed Penda, a king of its rival, Mercia. For 10 points, name this member of the Heptarchy containing York, with a directional name.
It's not Bavaria, but an assault on this polity's city of Bamburgh was repulsed after a fire set to burn down its walls was blown into the enemy camp, allegedly due to the prayers of Saint Aidan.
Northumbria