Aethelred the Unready (Penguin Monarchs)

The Failed King

Richard Abels (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2021
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-199937-1 (ISBN)

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'Æthelred's reign of nearly thirty-eight years was the longest of any Anglo-Saxon ruler. If he had died in AD 1000, history would have remembered him more kindly'

Few monarchs of the Middle Ages have had a worse popular reputation than Æthelred II, 'the Unready', remembered as the king who lost England to Viking invaders. But, as Richard Abels shows, the failure to defend his realm was not entirely his alone. Æthelred was in many ways an innovative ruler but one whose challenges - a divided court, a fragile nascent kingdom, a voracious, hydra-headed enemy - were ultimately too great to overcome.

Richard Abels is Professor Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy. He is the author of Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England and Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2021
Reihe/Serie	Penguin Monarchs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 181 mm
Gewicht	98 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-14-199937-3 / 0141999373
ISBN-13	978-0-14-199937-1 / 9780141999371
Zustand	Neuware