Æthelred the Unready
His 38 years as king make him one of the longest-ruling monarchs in English history, & yet he is remembered as unsuccessful, naive & overly harsh on his opponents. In this episode from Gone Medieval, Levi Roach discusses the rule of Æthelred th...
Dan Snow's History Hit · History Hit
September 30, 202136m 5s
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His 38 years as king make him one of the longest-ruling monarchs in English history, and yet he is remembered as unsuccessful, naive and overly harsh on his opponents. In this episode from our sibling podcast <a href="https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Gone Medieva</strong></a>l, Levi Roach discusses the rule of Æthelred the Unready. Was he as much of a failure as his nickname suggests? And what does that nickname actually mean? Levi, from the University of Exeter, is the author of 'Æthelred the Unready'.
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