World History EncyclopediaJul 25, 2025
"Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King" by Richard Abels is a brisk but illuminating introduction to one of England’s longest-reigning and most criticised rulers. #History #AlfredTheGreat #Aethelred #England #Penguin #Viking #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-531-en/
Aethelred the Unready: The Failed King

In the year 1014, Archbishop Wulfstan of York stood before his parishioners and delivered a damming lecture: “Nothing has prospered now for a long time either...