By Crasterfarian IN 634AD, life in Northumbria must have felt precarious for its people. Having already suffered a defeat and the loss of their king, Edwin, at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in late 633AD by Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon ap Cadfan, King of Gwynedd, invasion would have seemed imminent. The subsequent murder of … Continue reading A Theory: Oswald, Heavenfield and Lessons from Early History