Dark Age bullies & forgotten kingdoms: busting early medieval myths
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The Key Playing Kingdoms of the Story
Wessex, Mercia, Northumbia, and East Anglia are the key playing kingdoms of the story. They have a longer lived footprint which enables them to really control the narrative. So when we do start to get decent written sources appearing from bead onwards, they are written within kingdoms that have lasted a good long time.
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