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118 – Oswiu and Oswine: There’s No Anglo Saxon Word for Take Backsies

<p>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. […]</p>
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