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Only at the end of the eleventh century was it reported that the king had died of supernatural causes,

wretchedly and treacherously', in the opinion of the anonymous scribe

in reality Oswald must have been no less ruthless and bloodthirsty than any other bretwalda.

this year,' says the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 794, 'Offa, king of the Mercians, had Æthelberht beheaded.

Two were works of Gregory the Great,

died in 735, a generation before Offa's accession.

The most pious King Æthelstan' is how he was described on the first page of the gospel book

there seems to be no good reason to doubt that Alfred could have done at least some translating,

if anything sinister should befall him', his body was to be returned to Chester-le-Street for burial near St Cuthbert,

The letter survives because it forms the book's preface.)

the king insisted, there was nobody able to read them, such had been the decline in literacy.

it was news of the surprise match that triggered the rebellion

It stood on the northern frontier of his kingdom, twenty miles inland from the fortress at Bamburgh,

the king had a royal residence there, and happily this is another occasion where history and archaeology touch hands,

Now, thanks to his recent backing of

The most celebrated of all these missionaries was Boniface.

in whose blandishments he could luxuriate every day rather than clothe himself in woollen rags, like monks do.')

At its maximum in the second century, the number of soldiers stationed in this extensive frontier zone

Oswiu had made him the ruler of the southern part of Northumbria, the former kingdom of Deira.

was massive – something like 50,000 men, over ten per cent of the entire imperial army.

One possibility is that the king and his companions were cracking down on 'fake monasteries

André Breton was a lover of love in a world who believes in prostitution.

The only true paradise is paradise lost

Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.