My second book, The Viking Conquest of England: How Danish Monarchs Ruled from 1013-1042 (published by Pen & Sword History) has been released in the UK and is just days away from its US release!
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The End of Æthelred: On this day in 1016, King Æthelred II Died
“He ended his days on St. George’s Day, and he had held his kingdom with great toil and difficulties as long as his life lasted.”
The Anglo-Saxon Magna Carta: Æthelred the Unready’s Agreement of 1014
Using the restoration agreement of 1014 as a starting point, it is possible to make sense of one of the most dramatic eras in English history, when King Æthelred not only had to fend off massive Viking invasions, but also had to navigate through dangerous factions, disloyal subjects, and an open rebellion by his own son.
