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Mar 2015
22m 11s

158 – Offa With His Head

Jamie Jeffers
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Last week was dark, wasn’t it? Not only that, but it only covered the first half of 793. The end of the 8th century was an eventful period so lets pick up right where we left off and talk about what else was happening in the other half of 793… and specifically with King Offa […]

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