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Jul 2013
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94 – Dark Age Beliefs

Jamie Jeffers
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As we go forward in this series, what I hope you’re beginning to get a sense of from both the WelshCast and all the other shows focusing on the so called Dark Ages, is how fragmented life in Britain was at this point in history. 

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