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Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King

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"Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King" by Richard Abels is a brisk but illuminating introduction to one of England’s longest-reigning and most criticised rulers. Faced with a series of Viking invasions, Aethelred proved unworthy of his predecessors, and despite his best efforts and several strategies, he was unable to hold the English kingdom together.In the year 1014, Archbishop Wulfstan of York...
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Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King

"Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King" by Richard Abels is a brisk but illuminating introduction to one of England’s longest-reigning and most criticised rulers. Faced with a series of Viking invasions, Aethelred proved unworthy of his predecessors, and despite his best efforts and several strategies, he was unable to hold the English kingdom together.In the year 1014, Archbishop Wulfstan of York...

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