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The permanent settlement of the region by the ancestors of the [[Ænglish people]] occurred in the late 7th century, although Ænglish people had alternatively raided and settled portions of [[Great Levantia]] since at least the 4th century. Recognizably Ænglish principalities formed and exerted pressure on the northmost members of the [[Latin League]], with settling Ænglish warlords and tribes beginning to settle in previously [[Latinic people|Latinic]] cities, ruling over Latinics and intermarrying with them. The oncoming Ænglish people also extensively feuded with the [[Garán people]] of what would later become [[Carolina]]. The area later became loosely part of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] under [[Conchobar I, Emperor of the Levantines]] and then part of the [[Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines|Eastern]] and [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines|Western Kingdoms of the Levantines]] beginning in 917. Many Ænglish tribes were settled by the [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines]] in [[943]] in the heartlands of modern Anglei, forming the nucleus of the Ænglish as a settled peoples. The later fall of the Western Kingdom lead to consistent Gothic incursions into the newly reformed Holy Levantine Empire beginning in 965; the non-Christianized Goths indiscriminately targeted border populations of the Empire, leading to decades of fighting between the Ænglish and Goths. | The permanent settlement of the region by the ancestors of the [[Ænglish people]] occurred in the late 7th century, although Ænglish people had alternatively raided and settled portions of [[Great Levantia]] since at least the 4th century. Recognizably Ænglish principalities formed and exerted pressure on the northmost members of the [[Latin League]], with settling Ænglish warlords and tribes beginning to settle in previously [[Latinic people|Latinic]] cities, ruling over Latinics and intermarrying with them. The oncoming Ænglish people also extensively feuded with the [[Garán people]] of what would later become [[Carolina]]. The area later became loosely part of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] under [[Conchobar I, Emperor of the Levantines]] and then part of the [[Eastern Kingdom of the Levantines|Eastern]] and [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines|Western Kingdoms of the Levantines]] beginning in 917. Many Ænglish tribes were settled by the [[Western Kingdom of the Levantines]] in [[943]] in the heartlands of modern Anglei, forming the nucleus of the Ænglish as a settled peoples. The later fall of the Western Kingdom lead to consistent Gothic incursions into the newly reformed Holy Levantine Empire beginning in 965; the non-Christianized Goths indiscriminately targeted border populations of the Empire, leading to decades of fighting between the Ænglish and Goths. | ||
===Marcher period=== | ===Marcher period=== | ||
In 1042, Emperor Leo II issued a Golden Bull reorganizing what would later become Anglei into the Ænglish March in order to provide a firmer border defense for the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]]. The newly created March encompassed all lands settled by Ænglish people in addition to all other western border territories not part of [[Carolina]]. Duke of Holchester Edmund Æthelsbert, previously a vassal of the Emperor under the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], was elevated to Margrave of the Ænglish. Margrave Edmund I would become a semi-mythic figure responsible for the full transition from nomadic conquest to a proud, settled people, although most historians suggest that the Ænglish were largely in place before the establishment of the March. Regardless, Margrave Edmund I established a number of important alliances and established the Margraviate as a prestigious member of the Empire. | In 1042, Emperor Leo II issued a Golden Bull reorganizing what would later become Anglei into the Ænglish March in order to provide a firmer border defense for the [[Holy Levantine Empire|Levantine Empire]]. The newly created March encompassed all lands settled by Ænglish people in addition to all other western border territories not part of [[Carolina]]. Duke of [[Holchester]] Edmund Æthelsbert, previously a vassal of the Emperor under the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], was elevated to Margrave of the Ænglish. Margrave Edmund I would become a semi-mythic figure responsible for the full transition from nomadic conquest to a proud, settled people, although most historians suggest that the Ænglish were largely in place before the establishment of the March. Regardless, Margrave Edmund I established a number of important alliances and established the Margraviate as a prestigious member of the Empire. | ||
Edmund I's grandson, Margrave Cuthbert I, began work on a series of fortifications on the border with [[Gothica]] that would eventually become known as the [[Anglasweorc]] in 1121. The initial Anglasweorc included watchtowers along the March's river borders as well as a series of earthworks along land borders and a sparse variety of fortifications and the antecedents of castles. The Anglasweorc would continually be expanded and improved over the next three centuries and would become Anglei's most iconic structure. | Edmund I's grandson, Margrave Cuthbert I, began work on a series of fortifications on the border with [[Gothica]] that would eventually become known as the [[Anglasweorc]] in 1121. The initial Anglasweorc included watchtowers along the March's river borders as well as a series of earthworks along land borders and a sparse variety of fortifications and the antecedents of castles. The Anglasweorc would continually be expanded and improved over the next three centuries and would become Anglei's most iconic structure. | ||
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From the conversion of King Godwin II in 1623 to the end of the Ænglish Kingdom in the 1640s, an increasing amount of Royal attention and political capital were spent on reforming the Church in the realm and spreading it among the populace. The Ænglish Church was formally established in 1623 as King Godwin II made a proclamation announcing the authority of the King over the [[Catholic Church]] in his country and a renunciation of [[Papal State|Urceopolitan]] authority, followed by a decree establishing the Ænglish Church generally while proclaiming a {{wp|Statute in Restraint of Appeals}} prohibiting the clergy from appealing to the [[Pope]] in religious matters. A It was formed out of the extant clergy and Catholic Church apparatus within the country, with a majority - but not all - of the clergy deciding to follow the King into the state church. | From the conversion of King Godwin II in 1623 to the end of the Ænglish Kingdom in the 1640s, an increasing amount of Royal attention and political capital were spent on reforming the Church in the realm and spreading it among the populace. The Ænglish Church was formally established in 1623 as King Godwin II made a proclamation announcing the authority of the King over the [[Catholic Church]] in his country and a renunciation of [[Papal State|Urceopolitan]] authority, followed by a decree establishing the Ænglish Church generally while proclaiming a {{wp|Statute in Restraint of Appeals}} prohibiting the clergy from appealing to the [[Pope]] in religious matters. A It was formed out of the extant clergy and Catholic Church apparatus within the country, with a majority - but not all - of the clergy deciding to follow the King into the state church. | ||
King Godwin II set to work reforming the Ænglish Church after its independence from Urceopolis was established. He replaced the Archbishop of Holchester, the highest ranking clergyman in the country, with a well known Protestant theologian named Eadwacer Fletcher. Working with Fletcher, Godwin issued sweeping religious proclamations between 1524 and 1528. The liturgy was changed from employing {{wp|Ecclesiastical Latin|Latin}} to Ænglish with a liturgical commission established to replace Catholic liturgy, the doctrine of {{wp|sola fide}} was implemented, Church authority was invested in {{wp|Synod|convocations}} approved by the Ænglish King, and a number of Catholic doctrines including {{wp|purgatory}} and {{wp|transubstantiation}} were condemned. Several elements of Catholicism were retained, including liturgical vestments, holy days, veneration of the Saints, and the use of icons, though with veneration of these prohibited. Three sacraments were explicitly upheld - {{wp|Eucharist|Communion}}, {{wp|Baptism}}, and {{wp|Penance}} - while the other four remained open questions. Godwin also seized the monasteries and abolished {{wp|clerical celibacy}}. These acts, collectively known as the ''Acts of Godwin'', were the fundamental basis of Ænglish Church doctrine and remained a key part of the beliefs of its successors until supplanted by more comprehensive works. | King Godwin II set to work reforming the Ænglish Church after its independence from Urceopolis was established. He replaced the Archbishop of [[Holchester]], the highest ranking clergyman in the country, with a well known Protestant theologian named Eadwacer Fletcher. Working with Fletcher, Godwin issued sweeping religious proclamations between 1524 and 1528. The liturgy was changed from employing {{wp|Ecclesiastical Latin|Latin}} to Ænglish with a liturgical commission established to replace Catholic liturgy, the doctrine of {{wp|sola fide}} was implemented, Church authority was invested in {{wp|Synod|convocations}} approved by the Ænglish King, and a number of Catholic doctrines including {{wp|purgatory}} and {{wp|transubstantiation}} were condemned. Several elements of Catholicism were retained, including liturgical vestments, holy days, veneration of the Saints, and the use of icons, though with veneration of these prohibited. Three sacraments were explicitly upheld - {{wp|Eucharist|Communion}}, {{wp|Baptism}}, and {{wp|Penance}} - while the other four remained open questions. Godwin also seized the monasteries and abolished {{wp|clerical celibacy}}. These acts, collectively known as the ''Acts of Godwin'', were the fundamental basis of Ænglish Church doctrine and remained a key part of the beliefs of its successors until supplanted by more comprehensive works. | ||
King Godwin's commission, which continued following his death in 1630, issued the {{wp|Book of Common Prayer}} in 1534, and it would remain in use until the destruction of the Ænglish Church a decade later. The Book of Common Prayer would go on to be used by other successor denominations, such as the [[Chantry of Alstin]] and Ænglish Old Believers. | King Godwin's commission, which continued following his death in 1630, issued the {{wp|Book of Common Prayer}} in 1534, and it would remain in use until the destruction of the Ænglish Church a decade later. The Book of Common Prayer would go on to be used by other successor denominations, such as the [[Chantry of Alstin]] and Ænglish Old Believers. | ||
====End of the Ænglish realm==== | ====End of the Ænglish realm==== | ||
The threat posed to the unity of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] by a Protestant Kingdom in the north - along with other concerns within the political context of the Anarchy - lead to the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] declaring King Godwin III an outlaw in 1543 and invading the country, beginning the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Ænglish forces fought bitterly throughout the conflict but were ultimately undermined by domestic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] rebels, with local nobility forming rebel armies with aligned with the Imperial Army during the war. Ænglish forces employed {{wp|scorched earth}} tactics that successfully delayed the conclusion of the war for more than a decade but also caused a mass humanitarian crisis as {{wp|famine}} soon covered the land. After 11 years of fighting, Holchester was sacked and King Godwin III was executed by the Emperor. Many of the Protestant nobles relocated to the castles of the [[Anglasweorc]] in an attempt to hold out, but the Imperial Army demolished most of the castles by the largest grouping of artillery in Levantine history to that point. The Kingdom was subsequently partitioned by the Emperor among five local Catholic nobles who would rule the former core populated area of the Kingdom. The [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] was given to Aedanicus [[House de Weluta|de Weluta]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] royal whose family had been deposed from [[Urcea]], while the eastern portions of the Kingdom were incorporated within the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], inlcuding the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Duchy of Hollona]], which was given to the Elector of Diorisia. The total destruction of the Kingdom lead to a general uprising among the [[Protestant Union]], beginning the [[Great Confessional War]]. Anglei was totally depopulated as a result of the two wars, with famine and bloodshed in the Nordmontaine War followed by continued wartime devestation in the Great Confessional War. Following the [[Holy League]]'s victory in the conflict, the [[Dragonnades]] were heavily prosecuted in the country, creating a Catholic majority at a heavy price as many were forced to convert or deported. The deportations of large numbers of Ænglish people - both as part of the religious efforts as well as by politically motivated deportations in conquered lands - created a stock of potential colonists for Levantine nations such as [[Ardmore]] in relatively recently discovered [[Crona]]. These Ænglish people would be the basis of nations abroad like [[Arcerion]] and [[Alstin]] and their settlement abroad created the theory of the [[Ardmori bargain]], which is a widely-held {{wp|conspiracy theory}} among | The threat posed to the unity of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] by a Protestant Kingdom in the north - along with other concerns within the political context of the Anarchy - lead to the [[Emperor of the Levantines|Emperor]] [[List_of_Emperors_of_the_Levantines#Gram_Felix_Dynasty|Conchobar III]] declaring King Godwin III an outlaw in 1543 and invading the country, beginning the [[Nordmontaine War]]. Ænglish forces fought bitterly throughout the conflict but were ultimately undermined by domestic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] rebels, with local nobility forming rebel armies with aligned with the Imperial Army during the war. Ænglish forces employed {{wp|scorched earth}} tactics that successfully delayed the conclusion of the war for more than a decade but also caused a mass humanitarian crisis as {{wp|famine}} soon covered the land. After 11 years of fighting, [[Holchester]] was sacked and King Godwin III was executed by the Emperor. Many of the Protestant nobles relocated to the castles of the [[Anglasweorc]] in an attempt to hold out, but the Imperial Army demolished most of the castles by the largest grouping of artillery in Levantine history to that point. The Kingdom was subsequently partitioned by the Emperor among five local Catholic nobles who would rule the former core populated area of the Kingdom. The [[Ænglasmarch#Duchy_of_Holchester|Duchy of Holchester]] was given to Aedanicus [[House de Weluta|de Weluta]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] royal whose family had been deposed from [[Urcea]], while the eastern portions of the Kingdom were incorporated within the [[Kingdom of Dericania]], inlcuding the [[Hollona and Diorisia|Duchy of Hollona]], which was given to the Elector of Diorisia. The total destruction of the Kingdom lead to a general uprising among the [[Protestant Union]], beginning the [[Great Confessional War]]. Anglei was totally depopulated as a result of the two wars, with famine and bloodshed in the Nordmontaine War followed by continued wartime devestation in the Great Confessional War. Following the [[Holy League]]'s victory in the conflict, the [[Dragonnades]] were heavily prosecuted in the country, creating a Catholic majority at a heavy price as many were forced to convert or deported. The deportations of large numbers of Ænglish people - both as part of the religious efforts as well as by politically motivated deportations in conquered lands - created a stock of potential colonists for Levantine nations such as [[Ardmore]] in relatively recently discovered [[Crona]]. These Ænglish people would be the basis of nations abroad like [[Arcerion]] and [[Alstin]] and their settlement abroad created the theory of the [[Ardmori bargain]], which is a widely-held {{wp|conspiracy theory}} among | ||
Ænglish people. | Ænglish people. | ||