In the year 978, the teenaged Anglo-Saxon king Edward was murdered while visiting an estate belonging to his 12-year-old half-brother and stepmother. Edward’s half-brother Æthelred (later to be known as “the Unready”) succeeded to the throne, while Edward came to be venerated as a Christian martyr. No one was ever punished for the crime. Professor Richard Abels examines the sources for clues as to who killed King Edward and why.
In this episode of the podcast Tis But A Scratch: Fact and Fiction About the Middle Ages, Richard examines the story of King Edward the Martyr (c. 962–978).
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Check out more video episodes from Tis But A Scratch: Fact and Fiction About the Middle Ages on their YouTube channel.
Top Image: Doyle, James William Edmund (1864) “Edward the Martyr” in A Chronicle of England: B.C. 55 – A.D. 1485
In the year 978, the teenaged Anglo-Saxon king Edward was murdered while visiting an estate belonging to his 12-year-old half-brother and stepmother. Edward’s half-brother Æthelred (later to be known as “the Unready”) succeeded to the throne, while Edward came to be venerated as a Christian martyr. No one was ever punished for the crime. Professor Richard Abels examines the sources for clues as to who killed King Edward and why.
In this episode of the podcast Tis But A Scratch: Fact and Fiction About the Middle Ages, Richard examines the story of King Edward the Martyr (c. 962–978).
Check out more video episodes from Tis But A Scratch: Fact and Fiction About the Middle Ages on their YouTube channel.
Top Image: Doyle, James William Edmund (1864) “Edward the Martyr” in A Chronicle of England: B.C. 55 – A.D. 1485
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