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Aethelred II: King of the English

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Too often dismissed as the unready king - unprepared, ill-advised, and incapable of dealing with the military and political crises that faced the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, not least of which were a series of Viking onslaughts - King Aethelred has gone down in history as an incompetent failure. This new biography redresses the indictment, placing Aethelred into his proper historical context. Central to the study is the authoritarian manner in which the king ran the English kingdom for much of his reign.

King Aethelred is shown to have made effective use of the infamous Danegel and to have demonstrated royal power on ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752446783
SKU
V9780752446783
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99-50

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