Bed's Chronology of the Anglo Saxon Kingdom, Part II

King radwald of east anglia, the ruler of that kingdom in the early six hundreds, who reportedly died in 625. Radwald possessed an imperium among the various glo saxon kings in britain. This latin word seems to have meant something more like primacy or supremacy. So it makes sense that he specifically, or his allies and his fam would have wanted to show off his special wealth and power with an elaborate burial. And lastly, according to bed, radwald sort of dabbled into christianity. He may have formerly converted and been baptized, but also backslid and tried to have christianity and older pagan beliefs and cults side