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Cymenshore (also : ''Cymensora'',''Cumeneshore, Cumenshore, Cimeneres horan, Cymeneres horan''.)〔"S. E. Kelly, Charters of the Selsey, Anglo-Saxon Charters Volume VI. p. 12 and p. 118 - Kelly believes that ''The Owers'' is where ''Cymenshore'' was. Also she gives the alternate spellings as ''Cumeneshore, Cumenshore, Cimeneres horan, Cymeneres horan''〕 is a place in Southern England where, according to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', Ælle of Sussex landed in 477 AD and battled the Welsh with his three sons Cymen, Wlencing and Cissa,〔 after the first of whom Cymenshore was held to have been named. Its location is unclear but was probably near Selsey. ==Historical context== The account of Ælle and his three sons landing at Cymenshore appears in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', a collection of seven vernacular manuscripts, commissioned in the 9th century, some 400 years or more after the events at ''Cymenshore''. The legendary foundation of Saxon Sussex, by Ælle, is likely to have originated in an oral tradition before being recorded in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''.〔ASC Parker MS. 477AD."''Her cuom Ęlle on Bretenlond 7 his .iii. suna, Cymen 7 Wlencing 7 Cissa, mid .iii. scipum on þa stowe þe is nemned Cymenesora, 7 þær ofslogon monige Wealas 7 sume on fleame bedrifon on þone wudu þe is genemned Andredesleage.''"〕〔Bell. p. 64.''The account marks the beginning of Saxon Sussex.''〕〔〔Bately. ''The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''. pp vii-ix.〕〔Jones.The End of Roman Britain. p. 71.〕 From 491 until the arrival of Christianity in the 7th century, there was a dearth of contemporary written material.〔 Information about early Sussex derived from the chronicle has been modified by our knowledge of what was happening elsewhere in England and by a growing body of archaeological evidence.〔Bell. Saxon Sussex ''in'' Archaeology in Sussex to AD 1500 : essays for Eric Holden. p. 64 - Bell discusses the reasons for the early migration of AS mercenaries into Sussex and the archaeological evidence for the early Saxon period in Sussex.〕 The ''Chronicle'' goes on to describe a battle with the British in 485 AD near the bank of Mercredesburne, and a siege of Pevensey in 491 after which the inhabitants were massacred.〔ASC Parker MS. 485AD."''Her Ęlle gefeaht wiþ Walas neah Mearcrędesburnan stęðe.''"〕〔ASC Parker MS. 491AD."Her Ęlle 7 Cissa ymbsæton Andredescester 7 ofslogon alle þa þe þærinne eardedon; ne wearþ þær forþon an Bret to lafe. ''"〕 Towards the end of the Roman occupation of England raids on the east coast became more intense and the expedient adopted by Romano-British leaders was to enlist the help of Anglo-Saxon mercenaries to whom they ceded territory.〔 Gildas said that the king of the Britons Vortigern invited the Saxons in among them ''like wolves into the sheep-fold''. It is thought that mercenaries may have started arriving in Sussex as early as the 5th century.〔〔Morris. Dark Age Dates. pp. 145-185. Morris explains that Gildas had misplaced in his narrative his one datable event, Bede had failed to spot that the date was 20 years out, and it is Bede's date that the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' follows.〕 Archaeological evidence suggests that the main area of settlement during the 5th century can be identified by the distribution of cemeteries of that period 〔Bell.- Six Anglo-Saxon cemeteries provide the bulk of the archaeological evidence for the early period; these are Highdown, near Worthing, and the group between the rivers Ouse and Cuckmere: Alfriston, Selmeston, South Malling Beddingham and Bishopstone. They all seem to have been of moderate size: those which have been fairly fully excavated are Highdown, with over 170 graves; Alfriston, 150-160; and Bishopstone, 118. Inhumation was the predominant rite in each case, but a proportion of cremations was present at Highdown (about. 28) and Bishopstone (6).〕 Apart from Highdown, near Worthing and Apple Down, 11 km northwest of Chichester, they are between the lower Ouse and Cuckmere rivers in East Sussex.〔〔Down.Chichester Excavations. p. 9. 282 cremations and inhumations were recorded.〕 This area was believed to have been for the treaty settlement of Anglo-Saxon mercenaries 〔Welch.''The South Saxons'' : pp. 23-25)〕 Bell suggested that subsequently Ælle seems to have tried to break out of the treaty area and in about 465 he fought the battle of 'Mearcredesburne', one translation of which is 'river of the frontier agreed by treaty'.〔 The ''Chronicle'' does not tell us who won the battle, but with the taking of Pevensey in c 471 Ælle extended his territory up to the Pevensey Levels. East of the Levels was an area independently settled by the Haestingas, a people whose territory continued to be regarded as an area apart from the rest of Sussex as late as the 11th century.〔 No pagan cemeteries have been found in this region, and this is an indication that they were already Christian when they arrived.〔Welch.(1971)Late Romans and Saxons. pp. 232-237〕 As far as the west of the Arun Valley is concerned, this includes Selsey and Chichester, to date there have been no archaeological finds of the early Anglo-Saxon period.〔 The only known pagan Saxon burials are at Pagham (7th or 8th century AD) and Apple Down.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cymenshore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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