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Hace 5 días · 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.
- 23 April 871 – c. 886
- Osburh
Hace 6 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 · Where traditional scholarship holds that such innovations were rooted in the age of Alfred (871–99) and Æthelstan (924–39), Molyneaux makes a compelling case that there is little evidence for a centrally directed royal administration or a precisely defined territorial kingdom before at least the 960s.
7 de may. de 2024 · Edward's son Æthelstan (r. 924–939) first used the title "king of the English" and is considered the founder of the English monarchy. He died childless, and his younger half-brother Edmund I (r. 939–946) succeeded him. After Edmund's murder, his two young sons were passed over in favor of their uncle, Eadred (r. 946–955).
Hace 6 días · London, Continuum, 2008, ISBN: 9781847252395; 256pp.; Price: £65.00. This is an accessible and engaging book about the ranks, obligations, and image of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy, written by one of the leading historians of the period. Ann Williams is the author of The English and the Norman Conquest, Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest ...
Hace 5 días · At the end of the 6th century the most powerful ruler in England was Æthelberht of Kent, whose lands extended north to the River Humber. In the early years of the 7th century, Kent and East Anglia were the leading English kingdoms.
26 de abr. de 2024 · 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 […]
