Penda of Mercia was the last Anglo-Saxon king to have lived his whole life as a pagan. He was also the most powerful king in the whole of Britain by the time of his death. And yet, neither he nor Mercia often get a whole lot of attention paid to them, instead overshadowed by other kings from other kingdoms, like Alfred of Wessex, Edwin of Northumbria, or Æthelbert of Kent. So today, let's give Penda some love.
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Recommendations for further reading:
-Damian Tyler, "An Early Mercian Hegemony: Penda and Overkingship in the Seventh Century," in Midland History, 30 n.1 (2005), pp.1-19.
-N.J. Higham, ed., Britons in Anglo-Saxon England (2007).
-N.J. Higham, The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England (1997).
-Steven Bassett, ed., The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (1989).
-D.P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings (1991).
-Maurice W. Barley and Richard P. C. Hanson, eds., Christianity in Britain 300–700 (1968).
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Recommendations for further reading:
-Damian Tyler, "An Early Mercian Hegemony: Penda and Overkingship in the Seventh Century," in Midland History, 30 n.1 (2005), pp.1-19.
-N.J. Higham, ed., Britons in Anglo-Saxon England (2007).
-N.J. Higham, The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England (1997).
-Steven Bassett, ed., The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (1989).
-D.P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings (1991).
-Maurice W. Barley and Richard P. C. Hanson, eds., Christianity in Britain 300–700 (1968).
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