Levi Roach: Æthelred | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780300229721 | AEthelred | The Unready | Levi Roach | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2017

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An imaginative reassessment of Æthelred "the Unready," one of medieval England's most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon figure The Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred "the Unready" (978-1016) has long been considered to be inscrutable, irrational, and poorly advised. Infamous for his domestic and international failures, Æthelred was unable to fend off successive Viking raids, leading to the notorious St. Brice's Day Massacre in 1002, during which Danes in England were slaughtered on his orders. Though Æthelred's posthumous standing is dominated by his unsuccessful military leadership, his seemingly blind trust in disloyal associates, and his harsh treatment of political opponents, Roach suggests that Æthelred has been wrongly maligned. Drawing on extensive research, Roach argues that Æthelred was driven by pious concerns about sin, society, and the anticipated apocalypse. His strategies, in this light, were to honor God and find redemption. Chronologically charting Æthelred's life, Roach presents a more accessible character than previously available, illuminating his place in England and Europe at the turn of the first millennium.

Über den Autor

Levi Roach is lecturer at the University of Exeter, and formerly a junior research fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. He lives in Exeter, UK.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780300229721
ISBN-10:	0300229720
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Roach, Levi
Hersteller:	Yale University Press
Maße:	233 x 156 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Levi Roach
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.08.2017
Gewicht:	0,636 kg

Artikel-ID: 108482123

Über den Autor

Levi Roach is lecturer at the University of Exeter, and formerly a junior research fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. He lives in Exeter, UK.

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