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[3] “The early kings of the West Saxons”
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[4] “The Anglian territories in the late sixth and early seventh centuries”
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[5] “The northern Anglian hegemony in the seventh century”
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[6] “The southumbrian kingdoms from the mid-seventh to the mid-eighth century”
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[7] “Northumbria in the eighth century”
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[8] “Offa”
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[9] “The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the first three-quarters of the ninth century”
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[10] “The coming of the Vikings”
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“Appendix”
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“Notes”
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Index
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