Aethelred II
Author: Ryan Lavelle
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a biography of Anglo-Saxon England's notoriously weak king, Aethelred II the 'Unready'.
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Æthelred
Author: Levi Roach
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-09-15
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0300225202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKdivAn imaginative reassessment of Æthelred "the Unready," one of medieval England’s most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon figure The Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred "the Unready" (978–1016) has
Æthelred the Unready
Author: Levi Roach
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0300196296
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Massacre of St Brice's Day -- The 'Palace Revolution', 1005-6 -- Sin and society, 1006-9 -- Crime and punishment -- Apocalypse and atonement -- CHAPTER 6 A KINGDOM LOST AND WON 1009-16 -- From crisis to collapse: Thorkell's 'immense raiding army', 1009-12 -- Calamity and response, 1009-12 -- Faction, friction and conquest, 1013-16 -- CONCLUSION AN AGE OF ILL COUNSEL? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs)
Author: Richard Abels
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2018-10-25
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 014197950X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major new title in the Penguin Monarchs series In his fascinating new book in the Penguin Monarchs series, Richard Abels examines the long and troubled reign of Aethelred II the 'Unraed', the 'Ill-Advised'. It is characteristic of Aethelred's reign that its greatest surviving work of literature, the poem The Battle of Maldon, should be a record of heroic defeat. Perhaps no ruler could have stemmed the encroachment of wave upon wave of Viking raiders, but Aethelred will always be associated with that failure. Richard Abels is Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England and Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Athelred the Unready
Author: Ann Williams
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781852853822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKÆthelred became king of England in 978, following the murder of his brother Edward the Martyr (possibly at the instigation of their mother) at Corfe. On his own death in April 1016, his son Edmund Ironside succeeded him and fought the invading Danes bravely, but died in November of the same year after being defeated at the battle of Assandun, leading to the House of Wessex being replaced by a Danish king, Cnut. Æthelred, in constrast to his predecessor and successor, reigned (except for a few months in 1013-14), largely unchallenged for thirty-eight years, despite presiding over a period which saw many Danish invasions and much internal strife. If not a great king, he was certainly a survivor whose posthumous reputation and nickname (meaning 'Noble Council the No Council') do him little justice. In Æthelred the Unready Ann Williams, a leading scholar on his reign, discounts the later rumours and misinterpretations that have dogged his reputation to construct a record of his reign from contemporary sources.
An Anglo-Saxon and Celtic Bibliography (450-1087).
Author: Wilfrid Bonser
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 620
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe House of Godwin
Author: Michael John Key
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2022-03-15
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1445694077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most powerful dynasty behind the throne of Anglo-Saxon England, shedding new light on events such as the Battle of Hastings.
The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Susan J. Ridyard
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780521307727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithin Anglo-Saxon England there was a strong and enduring tradition of royal sanctity - of men and women of royal birth who, in an age before the development of papal canonisation, came to be venerated as saints by the regional church. This study, which focuses on some of the best-documented cults of the ancient kingdoms of Wessex and East Anglia, is a contribution towards understanding the growth and continuing importance of England's royal cults. The author examines contemporary and near-contemporary theoretical interpretations of the relationship between royal birth and sanctity, analyses in depth the historical process of cult-creation, and addresses the problem of continuity of cult in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of 1066. An understanding therefore emerges of the place of the English royal saint not only in Anglo-Saxon society but also in that of the Anglo-Norman realm.
Shadow on the Crown
Author: Patricia Bracewell
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013-02-07
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 1101606193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queen In 1002, fifteen-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court, with a husband who mistrusts her, stepsons who resent her and a bewitching rival who covets her crown, Emma must defend herself against her enemies and secure her status as queen by bearing a son. Determined to outmaneuver her adversaries, Emma forges alliances with influential men at court and wins the affection of the English people. But her growing love for a man who is not her husband and the imminent threat of a Viking invasion jeopardize both her crown and her life. Based on real events recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Shadow on the Crown introduces readers to a fascinating, overlooked period of history and an unforgettable heroine whose quest to find her place in the world will resonate with modern readers.
A View of the Coinage of the Heptarchy
Author: John Lindsay
Publisher:
Published: 1842
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13:
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