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Feb 2014
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114 – Oswald and Sigeberht: The Softer S...

Jamie Jeffers
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This is going to be one of those episodes that has a lot of moving parts and you might want to listen to it twice. Just a heads up. Alright, so things have gotten pretty exciting. We’ve had the downfall of Cadwallon of Gwynedd and the rise of Oswald of Northumbria and the return of […]

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