Qualla: Battle of Two Rivers https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Two Rivers https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers Battle of Two Rivers: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers/ Stephen of Ripon wrote it down decades after the fact, and he was not aiming for restraint. According to his Vita Sancti Wilfrithi - the Life of Saint Wilfrid - the Picts who rose against Ecgfrith of Northumbria in 671 died in such numbers that their corpses filled two rivers, and the Northumbrian cavalry chased the survivors across dry stream-beds without ever getting their feet wet. The number is almost certainly an exaggeration, the kind of providential miracle that hagiographers liked to attach to favoured kings. But somewhere near the confluence of the Tay and the Earn, a Pictish rebellion against English overlordship was crushed in a single afternoon. The battle gave its name to no peace. Fourteen years later the Picts came back.

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/8/battle-of-two-rivers-wp/gfj8-battle-of-two-rivers-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Two Rivers: Northumbria's Reach North https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers/ Through the seventh century, the kingdom of Northumbria expanded steadily northward from its heartland in what is now Yorkshire and Northumberland. The Annals of Tigernach record a siege of 'Etain' in 638 - generally taken to be the Northumbrian conquest of Eidyn, the British str...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/8/battle-of-two-rivers-wp/gfj8-battle-of-two-rivers-northumbrias-reach-north.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Two Rivers: Drest's Rebellion https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers/ Ecgfrith's kingdom, Stephen wrote, was 'weak' at his accession - the standard rhetorical setup before a great victory. In 671 word reached him that the Picts under Drest mac Donuel, king of Fortriu, were preparing to overthrow Northumbrian rule. Ecgfrith assembled an invasion for...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/8/battle-of-two-rivers-wp/gfj8-battle-of-two-rivers-drests-rebellion.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Two Rivers: The Battle Itself https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers/ Where exactly the two armies met is not recorded. One tentative suggestion places the battle on or near Moncreiffe Island in the Tay, just upstream of the confluence with the Earn - a strategic crossing point near the present village of Abernethy. Whether that identification hold...

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]]> Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/j/8/battle-of-two-rivers-wp/gfj8-battle-of-two-rivers-the-battle-itself.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Two Rivers: Fourteen Years https://qualla.com/battle-of-two-rivers/ The Northumbrian victory was decisive enough to break the Pictish rebellion. Stephen records that the surviving Picts were 'reduced to slavery and subject to the yoke of captivity' for the next fourteen years. The Irish annals of Ulster and Tigernach record that a 'Drost' was exp...

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