

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Offa - Rory Naismith, at Heffers Bookshop
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us on the 30th of April as Professor Rory Naismith takes us through his new authoritative biography of King Offa of Mercia.About this EventAn authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon historyOffa ruled the Mercian heartland of the west midlands from 757 to 796. But while Alfred the Great and his dynasty are seen as agents of a new beginning that resulted in a unified Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Offa is best remembered as the builder of a great dyke and as a symbol of an older, divided order.In this major new biography, Rory Naismith challenges this view. Naismith reveals how Offa cemented Mercia’s position as the dominant force in the southern part of Britain, strengthened the internal cohesion of his domains, and laid the basis for a new model of kingship. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including charters, coins, and chronicles, Naismith reveals Offa as a king who was ambitious and successful, and who carefully constructed his image and that of the royal family. Far from just one in a sequence of overlords, Offa had a lasting impact on how kingship was practised and conceived across England.Rory Naismith is professor of early medieval history at the University of Cambridge and the author of prize-winning books Money and Power in Anglo-Saxon England, The Coinage of Southern England 796–865, Citadel of the Saxons, and Making Money in the Early Middle Ages.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/offa-rory-naismith-at-heffers-bookshop/100001985226151861
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, literary-art
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## Ticket Details

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- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 5, max: 30, currency: GBP

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Heffers Bookshop
- **lat**: 52.20708680000001
- **long**: 0.1182871
- **full address**: Heffers Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 30 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Heffers Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What is the ticket price?
  - **A:** starting from 5 up to 30 GBP
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Heffers Bookshop
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Offa - Rory Naismith, at Heffers Bookshop ?
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