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161 King Ceonwulfs Rise in Power

Published: April 30, 2015, 10:28 p.m.

While Offa was an effective leader in Mercia during his life, his dynastic purge was a disaster. Looking at what followed, it appears that he heavily targeted extended members of his own family. Now this placed his immediate family in a very good position to pursue power\u2026 and we did see a seamless transfer of [\u2026]

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