Medievalists.net » Aethelred The Unready http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Hosting the king: hospitality and the royal iter in tenth-century England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/hosting-the-king-hospitality-and-the-royal-iter-in-tenth-century-england-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/hosting-the-king-hospitality-and-the-royal-iter-in-tenth-century-england-2/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:17:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42486 Hosting the king: hospitality and the royal iter  in tenth-century England Levi Roach (Trinity College, Cambridge) The Journal of Medieval History, 37.1 (March 2011), 34-46 Abstract Traditional studies of royal itinerancy have depended on locating the king’s progress through his kingdom(s) as precisely as possible and it should therefore not surprise that the iter regis […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/hosting-the-king-hospitality-and-the-royal-iter-in-tenth-century-england-2/feed/ 0 Book Review: Shadow on the Crown http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/04/book-review-shadow-on-the-crown/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/04/book-review-shadow-on-the-crown/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 04:33:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40939 A review of Patricia Bracewell's book: Shadow on the Crown.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/04/book-review-shadow-on-the-crown/feed/ 0 Aelfthryth, Queen of England http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/12/aelfthryth-queen-of-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/12/aelfthryth-queen-of-england/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:04:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39792 In researching medieval queens, I came across the story of a queen having all the elements of a fairy tale. Her name is Aelfthryth, the wife of King Edgar the Peaceable

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/12/aelfthryth-queen-of-england/feed/ 0 The speaking cross, the persecuted princess and the murdered earl: the early history of Romsey Abbey http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:27:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39093 The Old-English note may have begun life as an endorsement, either to the grant of privileges or (what is perhaps more likely) to the agreement about the woodland belonging to Romsey, a notice of which has become attached to it; it was not uncommon when diplomas were collected into cartularies for such endorsements to be used as ‘headings’ for the text.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/02/05/the-speaking-cross-the-persecuted-princess-and-the-murdered-earl-the-early-history-of-romsey-abbey/feed/ 0 The Danish attacks on London and Southwark in ‘1016’ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/28/the-danish-attacks-on-london-and-southwark-in-1016/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/28/the-danish-attacks-on-london-and-southwark-in-1016/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:38:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38971 This incident has been fatally embroidered by many local historians, taking their cue from various sources, so that the popular accounts have distorted what was already a confusing set of events.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/28/the-danish-attacks-on-london-and-southwark-in-1016/feed/ 0 Aethelred the Unready http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/16/aethelred-the-unready/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/16/aethelred-the-unready/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:16:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38760 Calling Aethelred 'Unraed' could mean he was given bad counsel, he did not take advice from his counselors or that he himself was unwise. Perhaps all were true. Let’s look at the story and see.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/16/aethelred-the-unready/feed/ 0 THE MINT OF AYLESBURY http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/the-mint-of-aylesbury/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/the-mint-of-aylesbury/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36638 As these numbers suggest, Aylesbury seems to have made a comparatively minor contribution to the Late Saxon coinage pool. Basing his calculations on a total of some 44,350 English coins, Petersson estimated that, in each issue for which its coins were known, Aylesbury was responsible for only 0.1% or 0.2% of the recorded coins of the issue...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/22/the-mint-of-aylesbury/feed/ 0 Cultural Changes in England resulting from the Battle of Hastings http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/cultural-changes-in-england-resulting-from-the-battle-of-hastings/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/cultural-changes-in-england-resulting-from-the-battle-of-hastings/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:43:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33290 This paper, in examining the reigns of the Ethelred, Canute, Harold Harefoot and Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor, will show how they came to power, the legacy each left – if any -- and how the events during each reign ultimately led to the Battle of Hastings, with William the Conqueror’s victory changing England forever.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/28/cultural-changes-in-england-resulting-from-the-battle-of-hastings/feed/ 0 Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/20/talking-about-history-in-eleventh-century-england-the-encomium-emmae-reginae-and-the-court-of-harthacnut/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/20/talking-about-history-in-eleventh-century-england-the-encomium-emmae-reginae-and-the-court-of-harthacnut/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:34:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25635 Talking about history in eleventh century England: the Encomium Emmae Reginae and the court of Harthacnut Tyler, Elizabeth M. Early Medieval Europe, 13 (4) (2005)  Abstract The Encomium Emmae Reginae was written in the early 1040s to support the interests of Queen Emma amidst the factionalism which marked the end of the period of Danish […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/20/talking-about-history-in-eleventh-century-england-the-encomium-emmae-reginae-and-the-court-of-harthacnut/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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