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1.7 The Life and Times of Penda Part I

1.7 The Life and Times of Penda Part I

Update: 2015-12-20

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7th Century England was inherently unstable, populated by a patchwork of communities, petty kingdoms successful and less so. Into this pagan mix also comes the lure of Christianity again. Meanwhile, in central England a pagan warrior called Penda became king, probably in 626.

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1.1 Why, oh Why?

1.1 Why, oh Why?

2015-09-1308:58

1.2 Chronicles and Arguments

1.2 Chronicles and Arguments

2015-09-2033:07

1.3 Change and Calamity

1.3 Change and Calamity

2015-09-2733:54

1.4 Adventus Saxonum

1.4 Adventus Saxonum

2015-10-2138:31

1.5 Building a New World

1.5 Building a New World

2015-11-0732:36

1.6 Founding Kingdoms

1.6 Founding Kingdoms

2015-12-0635:02

1.7 The Life and Times of Penda Part I

1.7 The Life and Times of Penda Part I

2015-12-2038:30

1.8 The Life and Times of Penda Part II

1.8 The Life and Times of Penda Part II

2016-01-1035:46

1.9 Conversion

1.9 Conversion

2016-01-2430:49

1.10 Revival

1.10 Revival

2016-02-1434:38

1.11 The Rise of Mercia

1.11 The Rise of Mercia

2016-03-0729:02

1.12 The Mercian Supremacy

1.12 The Mercian Supremacy

2016-03-2739:31

1.13 Greater Wessex

1.13 Greater Wessex

2016-10-0239:27

1.14 Pirates from the North

1.14 Pirates from the North

2016-10-2335:31

1.15 The Noble Wolf

1.15 The Noble Wolf

2016-11-0637:47

1.16 The Great Heathen Army

1.16 The Great Heathen Army

2016-11-2032:35

1.17 Alfred and the Fight for Survival

1.17 Alfred and the Fight for Survival

2016-12-0432:30

1.18 Reconstruction and Defence

1.18 Reconstruction and Defence

2016-12-1831:21

1.19 Pillar of the Western People

1.19 Pillar of the Western People

2017-01-0128:15

1.20 English Reconquest

1.20 English Reconquest

2017-01-1538:55

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1.7 The Life and Times of Penda Part I

1.7 The Life and Times of Penda Part I