190 – House (of Wessex): Everybody Lies

I’ve tried my best to explain how Britain was in chaos during this period. It was wracked with external and internal pressures, and it was in a pretty rough spot. But what I haven’t talked about is that the stories that we’re told by the scribes, who were some of our only sources for this period, seem to imply a surprising level of tranquility in Wessex. Looking at these sources, we’re given a sense that this kingdom is an outlier for this period. The scribes tend to concede that sure, there w...