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Hace 1 día · He was the youngest of six children. His eldest brother, Æthelstan, was old enough to be appointed sub-king of Kent in 839, almost 10 years before Alfred was born. He died in the early 850s. Alfred's next three brothers were successively kings of Wessex.
Hace 3 días · Æthelstan (924-939) Æthelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, was the first king to rule over a unified England. He successfully consolidated his power through military victories, such as the Battle of Brunanburh in 937, which is considered one of the most significant battles in English history.
Hace 3 días · Foot’s study is divided into eight principal chapters. 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.
Hace 5 días · Following his baptism, Guthrum took the Christian name Æthelstan and ruled East Anglia until his death around 890. His reign marked a period of relative peace and stabilization in the region. As king, Guthrum-Æthelstan facilitated the integration of Viking settlers with the local Anglo-Saxon population.
Hace 5 días · A different case, however, is posed by the ealdorman known as Æthelstan ‘Rota’. The career of this individual is hard to trace: an Æthelstan attests charters as ealdormen in Eadred’s reign, then disappears in 948, though in 955 an Æthelstan appears as an ealdorman at Eadwig’s court, carrying the by-name ‘Rota’.
Hace 5 días · The Viking Burials at Hjarnø: An Interview with Erin Sebo. By ThePostgradChronicles onJune 17, 2021•( 1 Comment ) The first survey of the Kalvestene viking ship burial site on Hjarnø, Denmark in nearly 100 years was published last month. Researchers used everything from medieval chronicles to 17th-century illustrations to lidar […]
Hace 2 días · History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
