# Pecsaetan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pecsaetan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pecsaetan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecsaetan > Source revision: 1254722102 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Anglo-Saxon tribe}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Pecsætan''' ({{langx|ang|Pēcsǣtan}}; singular {{lang|ang|Pēcsǣta}}, literally "[Peak](/source/Peak_District)-dweller"),Also ''Pēacsǣtan'' in Old English also called '''Peaklanders''' or '''Peakrills''' in modern English, were an [Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxons) tribe who inhabited the central and northern parts of the [Peak District](/source/Peak_District) area in [England](/source/England).Turbutt, G., (1999) ''A History of Derbyshire'', ''Volume 1'', ''pp. 259–60'' Cardiff: Merton Priory Press The area was in the southern part of the [Brigantia](/source/Brigantia_(ancient_region)), a Brythonic tribal domain. Early Anglo-Saxon settlements were by West [Angles](/source/Angles_(tribe)). This tribe advanced up the valleys of the rivers [Derwent and Dove](/source/River_Derwent%2C_Derbyshire) during their northern conquests in the 6th century. The area became known locally as the Pecsætan, Peak-set or land of the Peak peoples.{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Derbyshire |volume=8 |page=72}} Later their territory formed the northern division of [Mercia](/source/Mercia), and in 848 the Mercian [Witenagemot](/source/Witenagemot) assembled at [Repton](/source/Repton). In ''[A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain](/source/A_Tour_thro'_the_Whole_Island_of_Great_Britain),'' [Daniel Defoe](/source/Daniel_Defoe) mentions a later group of people called The Peakrills writing, "The ''Peakrills'', as they are called, are a rude boorish kind of People; but bold, daring, and even desperate in their Search into the Bowels of the Earth: for which Reason they are often employed by our Engineers in the Wars to carry on the ''Sap'', when they lay Siege to strong fortified Places."{{Cite book |last=Defoe |first=Daniel |title=A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journeys giving a particular and entertaining account of whatever is curious and worth observation, Vol. 3 |publisher=London : Printed for S. Birt [and others] |year=1753 |location=London |pages=78 |language=English}} right|thumb|250px|Pecsaetan lands in the 7th. to 9th. Century ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *Bigsby, R. (1854) ''Historical and Topographical Description of Repton.'' London. *Collis, J. (1983) ''Wigber Low Derbyshire: A Bronze Age and Anglian Burial site in the White Peak.'' Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield. *Davies, W. and Vierk, H. "The contexts of Tribal Hidage: social aggregates and settlement patterns", in ''Frühmittelalterliche Studien'', viii (1974) *Dumville, D. "The Tribal Hidage: an introduction to its texts and their history", in ''The Origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms'' ed. S.Bassett, 1989. {{ISBN|0-7185-1317-7}} *Fowler, M. J. (1954) "The Anglian Settlement of the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Peak District." ''DAJ'' 74, 134–151. *Hart, C. R. (1981) ''The North Derbyshire Archaeological Survey.'' Leeds: A. Wigley & Sons *Hodges, R. and Wildgoose, M. (1980) "Roman or native in the White Peak", in Branigan, K. (ed) ''Rome and the Brigantes'', 48–53. Sheffield, Sheffield University Press. *Hodges, R. (1991a) "Notes on the Medieval Archaeology of the White Peak." In R. Hodges and K. Smith (eds) ''Recent Developments in the Archaeology of the Peak District'' :111–122 (Sheffield Archaeological Monographs 2) Sheffield. *Hughes, R. G (1961) "Archaeological Sites in the Trent Valley, South Derbyshire" ''DAJ'' 81, 149–50. *Jones, H. (1997) ''The Region of Derbyshire and North Staffordshire from AD350 to AD700: an analysis of Romano-British and Anglian barrow use in the White Peak.'' Ph.D. thesis, University of Nottingham. * {{cite journal | last = Ozanne | first = A. | date = 1962–1963 | title = The Peak Dwellers | journal = Medieval Archaeology | volume = 6–7 | pages = 15–52 | doi = 10.1080/00766097.1962.11735659 | url = http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol06-07/6_015_052.pdf }} {{free access}} *Roffe, D. (1986b) "The Origins of Derbyshire" ''DAJ'' 106, 102–112. *Rollason et al. *Routh, T. (1937) "A Corpus of the Pre-Conquest Carved Stones of Derbyshire" ''DAJ'' 58, 1–46. *Sidebottom, P.C. (1994), ''Schools of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture in the North Midlands.'' Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Sheffield. *Sidebottom P.C (1999) "Stone Crosses in the Peak and the Sons of Eadwulf." ''DAJ'' 119, 206–19. *[Stenton, F.](/source/Frank_Stenton) (1905) "Introduction to the Derbyshire Domesday", in W. Page (ed) ''The Victoria History of the County of Derbyshire.'' London. *Unwin, T. (1988) "Towards a model of Anglo-Scandinavian rural settlement in England", in Hooke, D. (ed) ''Anglo-Saxon Settlements'', 77–98. *[Yorke, B.](/source/Barbara_Yorke) (1990) ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England'', London: Seaby. ==External links== *[http://www.le.ac.uk/ulas/publications/documents/26deras_000.pdf East Midlands Archaeological Research Framework: Resource Assessment of Anglo-Saxon Derbyshire], An Archaeological Resource Assessment of Anglo-Saxon Derbyshire, by Dave Barrett, Derbyshire County Council {{Heptarchy}} Category:Peoples of Anglo-Saxon Mercia Category:Peak District Category:Petty kingdoms of England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pecsaetan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecsaetan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecsaetan?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.