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Kingdom of the Picts (Age of Charlemagne) Civil Tier 9

Shires

The division of British territory into what we now call counties most likely started with the Romans, who divided the country into regions according to natural features such as rivers or mountains. It was the kingdom of Wessex, in the south of England, that first subdivided its lands further, into shires and boroughs - a style that soon caught on as Mercia ascended to a position of influence over the other Anglo-Saxons. The Mercians charged ealdormen (the root of the more contemporary 'earl') with the governance of shires. Although the word has fallen out of use in favour of counties, their influence can still be found in county names such as Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Lancashire.

Node Set Civil Tier 9

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