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Hace 5 días · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
30 de may. de 2024 · Athelstan came to the thrones of Wessex and Mercia in 924 before effectively becoming the first king of all England. He successfully invaded both Scotland and Wales and inflicted a heavy defeat on an invading Danish army.
3 de jun. de 2024 · Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, was the third in a line of rulers who, in a period of sixty years, transformed Wessex from a kingdom on the brink of disintegration into the core of an English and, it was claimed, a British kingdom.
2 de jun. de 2024 · After a more general and theoretical introduction, the first chapter states the claim for Æthelstan’s recognition as the first king of England and briefly surveys some of the martial and political highlights of his reign. Chapter two focuses on ‘Family’, including the king’s curious surfeit of sisters.
Hace 6 días · The Athelstan 1100 Big Dig will use the £14,500 grant to fund two days of archaeology in Malmesbury and the local community is invited to take part.
30 de may. de 2024 · Ethelred the Unready was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from overrunning England. The epithet “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns on his name, which means.
Hace 1 día · Tom, who published his biography ‘Athelstan’ in 2016, will be presenting his talk ‘ On The Trail of the First King of England: Why Athelstan Deserves Pilgrims’ at Malmesbury Abbey at 2pm on Sunday, June 30. His talk will be a ticket-only event and all proceeds will go towards the development and operation of the new Athelstan Pilgrim ...
