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Æthelred: The Unready

byLevi Roach

An 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 long been considered to be inscrutable, irrational, and poorly advised. Using biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, Æthelred moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing Æthelred within biography & autobiography and history, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2017

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780300229721