Medievalists.net » Æthelstan http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Sisters of King Æthelstan http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/24/sisters-king-aethelstan/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/24/sisters-king-aethelstan/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:58:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51317 King Edward the Elder, son and successor of Alfred the Great of England, had many children.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/24/sisters-king-aethelstan/feed/ 0 Æthelstan, Anglo-Saxon King of England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/10/aethelstan-anglo-saxon-king-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/10/aethelstan-anglo-saxon-king-of-england/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:29:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51045 Æthelstan was the first King of Wessex to bring together all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. He was well educated, very pious and a collector of saints relics and manuscripts. He was also a formidable warrior.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/10/aethelstan-anglo-saxon-king-of-england/feed/ 0 The Origins of Local Society in late Anglo-Saxon England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/the-origins-of-local-society-in-late-anglo-saxon-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/the-origins-of-local-society-in-late-anglo-saxon-england/#comments Sat, 09 Nov 2013 23:48:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44784 The Origins of Local Society in late Anglo-Saxon England Hirokazu Tsurushima Paper given at: The Third Japanese-Korean Conference of British History (2008) Abstract The purpose of this paper is to show the issues surrounding the origins of local society in late ‘Anglo-Saxon’ England, by examining a single original document from 968. A local society not […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/09/the-origins-of-local-society-in-late-anglo-saxon-england/feed/ 0 Æthelstan, “King of all Britain” : royal and imperial ideology in tenth-century England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/07/aethelstan-king-of-all-britain-royal-and-imperial-ideology-in-tenth-century-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/07/aethelstan-king-of-all-britain-royal-and-imperial-ideology-in-tenth-century-england/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 18:00:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31599 This thesis examines how King Æthelstan legitimized and systematized his claims of power and status through a royal ideology, how that ideology emerged, what it consisted of, and how it manifested itself in his kingship and diplomacy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/07/aethelstan-king-of-all-britain-royal-and-imperial-ideology-in-tenth-century-england/feed/ 0 The Secrets of a Dark Ages King http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/03/the-secrets-of-a-dark-ages-king/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/03/the-secrets-of-a-dark-ages-king/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:26:40 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28345 In his own lifetime, Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred of Great, was praised as 'the English Charlemagne.' By defeating the combined armies of Danes, Scots and Welsh in the Battle of Brunanburh in 937 AD, Athelstan could rightly claim the title of 'King of all Britain.'

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/03/the-secrets-of-a-dark-ages-king/feed/ 0 The Justification of the Conquest Chapter 1 of Conquered England: Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-justification-of-the-conquest-chapter-1-of-conquered-england-kingship-succession-and-tenure-1066-1166/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/14/the-justification-of-the-conquest-chapter-1-of-conquered-england-kingship-succession-and-tenure-1066-1166/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:33:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25437 The Justification of the Conquest Chapter 1 of Conquered England: Kingship, Succession, and Tenure 1066-1166 Garnett, George Abstract The author of the D manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was almost certainly a member of Archbishop Ealdred of York’s household. He was, therefore, probably at the centre of events during 1066, and his testimony deserves to be […]

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