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AEthelred the Unready - The Ill-Counselled King (Hardcover, New)
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AEthelred the Unready - The Ill-Counselled King (Hardcover, New)
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Aethelred became king of England in 978, following the murder of
his half-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. Aethelred, in constrast to his
predecessor and successor, reigned (except for a few weeks in
1013/14), largely unchallenged for thirty-eight years, despite
presiding over a period that 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 Aethelred 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.
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