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Hace 3 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.
Hace 4 días · Athelstan. Played by George Blagden (seasons 1–4) An Anglo-Saxon monk from the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria. Captured by Ragnar on his first raid, Athelstan is constantly torn between the customs of Christian England and the pagan ways of Scandinavia. Athelstan becomes a confidant of King Ecbert after he is captured by his army.
Hace 5 días · Æthelstan: The First King of England. Sarah Foot. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2011, ISBN: 9780300125351; 336pp.; Price: £30.00. Reviewer: Dr Rory Naismith. Clare College, Cambridge. Citation: Dr Rory Naismith, review of Æthelstan: The First King of England, (review no. 1151) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1151.
Hace 3 días · King Athelstan, who succeeded to the English throne in 926, drove the Britons, who had for many years inhabited this city jointly with the Saxons, out of Exeter, and compelled them to retreat beyond the Tamar. After this he fortified the city with towers and a wall of hewn stone.
Hace 6 días · Wessex. Father. Edmund I. Mother. Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Edgar (or Eadgar; [1] c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
Hace 2 días · Travis Fimmel portrays the iconic character Ragnar Lothbrok. Ragnar is a legendary Viking warrior, farmer, and explorer who becomes a renowned king. He is a fiercely ambitious and charismatic leader known for his strategic mind and adventurous spirit. Fimmel's portrayal of Ragnar captures the complex layers of his character, from his cunning ...
After its recapture and refortification by Edward the Elder, the town was certainly such a centre. Two kings, Athelstan in 931 and Edmund in 940, held councils there, Athelstan's being attended by at least 13 ealdormen, 37 thegns, and 15 bishops, including the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of Chester le Street.
