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  1. Sep 2019
    1. A.D. 1087

      Is it a coincidence that the longest paragraph is about religion? The kings and rulers and their lives that intertwine with religion.

    2. Mercians made peace with the army

      Do the Mercians have any relation to Marcian? There seems to be a common ground of "making peace" or siding with one group and then turning against them and fighting them.

    3. This same Cynewulf reigned one and thirty winters

      They mention Cynewulf reigned one and thirty winters twice, Were they just reiterating the information because it was important?

    4. But he having understood

      When they mention many different people from different places and stating what they've done, it's a little confusing to keep up with who they're talking about.

    5. thane

      Thane according to Google: (in Anglo-Saxon England) a man who held land granted by the king or by a military nobleman, ranking between an ordinary freeman and a hereditary noble.

    6. The king directed them to fight

      When describing the fights and who wins, it gets a bit confusing. Who is fighting whom and who wins which fight.

    7. In their days Hengest and Horsa

      Who is Hengest and Horsa? Where did they come from and why did they first support the Britons but then fight them later?