Æthelred the Unready : the failed king
Abels, Richard Philip, 1951-2018
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Richard Abels examines the long and troubled reign of Æthelred II the 'Unraed', the 'Ill-Advised'. It is characteristic of Æthelred's reign that its greatest surviving work of literature, the poem The Battle of Maldon, should be a record of heroic defeat. Perhaps no ruler could have stemmed the encroachment of wave upon wave of Viking raiders, but Æthelred will always be associated with that failure.
Main title:
Æthelred the Unready : the failed king / Richard Abels.
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Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2018.
Collation:
xi, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white) ; 19 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141979496 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941'.0174'092941.0174092B ETH
Language:
English
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BRN:
2677195
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