The Welsh and Offa of Mercia.

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Exploring medieval figures from Wales, in the sixth episode, we will explore the Offa and his history with the Welsh
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Part six
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Sources-
Britain AD- Francis Pryor
A history of Wales- John Davies
The Anglo Saxons- Geoffrey Hindley
Anglosaxon Chronicles
David Starkey crown and country
The kings and queens of Wales- Timothy Venning
The Welsh kings- Kari Maund
A Research Framework for the Archaeology of Wales: Medieval
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[@Embracehistoria]

Any archaeological updates about Offa Dyke, I'll update here and on the community tab.

[@o4117]

there’s a hike that follows the old border known simply as the ‘offa’s dyke trail’ from chepstow to prestatyn, i’ve done it twice it’s a challenging yet stunning hike which shows some beautiful corners of wales

[@weilandiv8310]

Such a wonderful channel 👍

[@danielwild.]

Quality Content 👍

[@Embracehistoria]

Cheers.

[@callumpridmore182]

Amazing.

[@UnreadyPlayer]

The names of the people and places all sounds like something off of Dark Souls or Elden Ring

[@buk6708]

Souls has Arabic, Eastern and Classical influences. The decaying and morbid landscape is very accurate, constant warfare really made Welsh lands barren and eternally focused on fighting. Smaller kingdoms and terrain dictated this.

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

He was an Offa his neighbours could not refuse.

[@MauriceTarantulas]

Great vid. Am trying to track down my Ancestor "Titta" who I believe was of the same people as Offa. (Titley is the eng name. Titley is also a village in Herefordshire and theres a Tittenley in Shropshire I believe). Where we are from is close to the Dyke in a few places. P.s Have Welsh also in the family so a fair bit of intermarrying.

[@frankjoseph4273]

My wife used to say, Get off a my bed

[@Jonnybravo589]

Not sure why it take 8 months to recommend these types of videos and channels.

[@legolasgreenleaf1961]

Great stuff! The thing that bothers me about Mercia and its origins, is the lack of information. We are told that the Mercians are simply Angles that eventually drifted west. But the old histories say something completely different. Firstly Bede castigates the Welsh for not converting the Mercians to christianity........odd ...as if these guys were Angles surely the Northumbrians would do it??? Also the old histories before 1714ad show a vast army coming into Britain in the mid to late 6th century from Ireland.......via.....Africa!!! This matches the Welsh tradition in the Mabinogi. So its quite obvious that these 'Africans' were the expelled Vandals, disappearing into the ether of history. Yet the king of these Africans 166,000 strong was someone called Gormund, descended from the likes of gaiseric gellimer, thrasamund and gibbermund. The only germanic people in north africa in the early part of the 6th century were the Vandals. So it would be exciting to think that along with Saxons and Angles, Vandals would have been part of the shaping of what would become England from the 8th century on.

[@cjclark2002]

Not if I “Offa” you first. Can’t blame you, I would of done the same.

[@Embracehistoria]

I had so many more puns, but I stopped myself from putting in more.

[@cjclark2002]

@@Embracehistoria don’t worry, most of em were punny.

[@RalphOK]

Would *HAVE* done the same. Please don't be a part of this terrible modern ignorance of the English language. It's would HAVE, not would OF.

[@w06machete23]

King Boffa?

[@Embracehistoria]

King Toffa. 🤴

[@RhysapGrug]

King foker