
1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I
The History of England
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The New Doctrine of Christianity
This is a famous passage in the ecclesiastical history. It gives us an insight into daily life at court. The main point that may be christianity waght a philosophy, a certainty or hope about life that couldn't be ignored. In mercia, we do not know what the court there thought of all this. But it cannot have been comfortable to see the growing power and authority of northumbria on their doorstep.
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