522. Warlords of the West: A Clash of Ice and Fire (Part 3)

1992.321 - 2016.918 Tom Holland

It's spread up all the way through England up to Northumbria. So this is something that really resonates. And if Bede is writing about this invasion of 732, then this is the earliest witness that we have to it. And it is indeed very dramatic. It's not surprising that Bede, who's kind of obviously very attuned to the flow of great events, would have heard of it and been interested in it.