Before the climactic battle of the Winwaed, Oswiu attempted to buy peace by offering Penda an enormous tribute. Penda refused and continued to devastate Northumbrian territory. Oswiu was forced to gather his much smaller army and fight. The story of the refused tribute is told by Bede and illustrates Penda insatiable aggression.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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