Decline of Unified Silla (around 826)

Name: Decline of Unified Silla (around 826)
Start: 820
End: 835

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 820–835

Around 826 CE, against the backdrop of King Heondeok's death, succession turmoil, and the rise of local magnates, the central royal authority and the…

Timeline

826Gyeongju · North GyeongsangKing Heondeok died in 826 and the throne passed to King Gyeongdeok; renewed struggles within the court over royal authority and bone-rank qualifications showed that central authority could no longer hold the factions together as firmly as in its heyday.
827–835Provinces of southern and central Korea · Korean PeninsulaMagnates and military commanders outside the capital grew powerful, annexing land and controlling the countryside; court levies and frontier defense burdens increased, records of peasant flight and banditry multiplied, and the state's capacity for integration continued to decline.

Sources

三国史记 — 金富轼等 (1145)
A History of Korea — Ki-baik Lee (1984)