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Æthelstan: the king who made England
Episode 2440

Æthelstan: the king who made England

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

December 26, 202532m 47s

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Show Notes

Æthelstan was crowned in Kingston upon Thames 1100 years ago, in AD 925. He went on to extend his authority far beyond his initial powerbase of Wessex and Mercia to become the first king of England. David Musgrove talks to Professor David Woodman, author of The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom, to hear why we should remember Æthelstan's reign.

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