Offa, King of the Mercians

Theatre · Stony Stratford

Offa, King of the Mercians

Saturday 6 February 2027 · Doors 14:45

The Library @ 5-7 Church Street, Stony Stratford

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Offa, King of the Mercians is on Saturday 6 February 2027 at The Library @ 5-7 Church Street, Stony Stratford, with doors at 14:45. Tickets start at £8.80, including the booking fee.

Offa ruled Mercia, which stretched from Chester to Dover, between 757 and 796. He cemented Mercia’s position as the dominant force in the southern part of Britain and laid the basis for a new model of kingship. In doing so, he had a lasting influence on the government and infrastructure of medieval England. And Stony Stratford was part of it! Rory Naismith is Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

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