150 – King Offa: The Turnover

Today's episode is going to go all over the kingdoms of the Heptarchy. We have the Kings of Kent, Wessex, East Anglia, Northumbria, and of course, Mercia all involved. It's a busy one. But Offa will continue to be our main character. To start with, what’s going on in the world? Last week I mentioned in passing that King Cynewulf had just taken the throne of Wessex (from about 757) and began retaking West Saxon lands from Mercia. Mercia couldn’t do much about it because they were embroiled ...