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Oct 2017
27m 38s

256 – Scandinavian Settlement in England

Jamie Jeffers
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For the last few episodes we’ve been discussing the way life has been changing in Southern Britain. While the dramatic battles and political maneuvering dominated the story of the last season, you’re now learning of the many of the changes that were changing how lives were lived on the island, and some of them weren’t […]

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