Abstract

Part 1 Introduction: an English province in a British context the Norman overlay - the Norman conquest of Cumberland - the lost years, the Norman land settlement, the impact of afforestation. Part 2 Before c.900: political frameworks before c900 - the Romano-British legacy, Rheged and Nothumbria, ecclesiastical and political territories briton and Angle to c900 - Britons - survival or revival ?, Anglian settlement, Westmoringa land, synthesis. Part 3 After c900: land of the Cymry - Cumbria land and the kingship of the Cumbrians, colonialization of the coast the partition of Cumbria - partition, lands that were Cumbrian - epitome of the region, the legacy of Siward?, the last days of English Cumbria - 1070-1092. Part 4 Conclusion - from kingdom to province: appendices: gospatric's writ - translation the authorship and date of Gospatric's writ.

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