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Author : Ryan Lavelle
Publisher : English Monarchs
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,95 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752446783
This is a biography of Anglo-Saxon England's notoriously weak king, Aethelred II the 'Unready'.
Author : Ann Williams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781852853822
Æthelred 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.
Author : Ryan Lavelle
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This is a biography of Anglo-Saxon England's notoriously weak king, Aethelred II the 'Unready'.
Author : Ian Howard
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 10,76 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Aethelred II is more commonly known by the epithet -the Unready-, and it is precisely this popular image of incompetence which Ian Howard's biography is intended to put to rest.
Author : Levi Roach
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 31,34 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300225202
divAn 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
Author : Richard Abels
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 014197950X
A 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.
Author : Brandon M. Bender
Publisher : Rounded Globe
Page : pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 2019-04-16
Category :
ISBN : 9780578559544
In the realm of popular history, it's common to hear the claim that Æthelred the Unready, King of the English, was a military failure in an age where kings had to be warriors. Due to the unflattering nickname (unraed actually means "poorly-advised") and the Danish Conquest of England, it might seem that these critics have won the argument before it's even started.That isn't the case, though, as Bender's research has found. This book seeks to redress King Æthelred's military reputation, arguing that he was militarily prepared and often successful against his many enemies, including the Vikings. Tracking the king's movement and activity over his 38-year reign, this book argues that Æthelred the Unready was anything but a battle-avoider.
Author : Pauline Stafford
Publisher :
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 42,23 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1639364005
A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror’s attack. Morris writes with passion, verve, and scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, indeed the pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation.
Author : Richard North
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1501513338
Anglo-Danish Empire is an interdisciplinary handbook for the Danish conquest of England in 1016 and the subsequent reign of King Cnut the Great. Bringing together scholars from the fields of history, literature, archaeology, and manuscript studies, the volume offers comprehensive analysis of England’s shift from Anglo-Saxon to Danish rule. It follows the history of this complicated transition, from the closing years of the reign of King Æthelred II and the Anglo-Danish wars, to Cnut’s accession to the throne of England and his consolidation of power at home and abroad. Ruling from 1016 to 1035, Cnut drew England into a Scandinavian empire that stretched from Ireland to the Baltic. His reign rewrote the place of Denmark and England within Europe, altering the political and cultural landscapes of both countries for decades to come.