william of malmesbury – Brandon M. Bender

St. Brice’s Day and the Danish Conquest

Did the St. Brice’s Day Massacre lead to the Danish Conquest of England?

Æthelred the Unready: What Lies Beneath the Legends

The image that had emerged by the 12th century was of a ruler who was afraid of candles, had defecated at his baptism, was scolded at his own coronation, was haunted by the ghost of his murdered brother, and who preferred drinking and sleeping to fighting vikings.