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Penda
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A Mercian king of the 7th century, who headed a reactionary movement of heathenism against the domination of Christianity in England, and for a time seemed to carry all before him, but Christianity, under the preaching of the monks, had gained too deep a hold, particularly in Northumbria, and he was overpowered in 665 in one final struggle and slain.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Penda'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/penda.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Penda'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/penda.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
