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Mar 2014
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118 – Oswiu and Oswine: There’s No Anglo...

Jamie Jeffers
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When we left off Cenwalh of Wessex had left his wife, irritated Penda (since his wife was Penda’s sister), and gained a fancy new wife but lost his kingdom when Penda arrived to have a little chat with him. So he did what many nobles of the time seemed to do… he fled into exile. […]

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