Æthelred: The Unready (English Monarchs)

Medieval Historian Levi Roach Suggests That The King Has Been Wrongly Maligned All Along. Drawing On Extensive Research, Roach Argues That Æthelred Was Driven By Pious Concerns About Sin, Society And The Anticipated Apocalypse, And That His Strategies, In This Light, Were To Honour God And Find Redemption. Chronologically Charting Æthelred's Life, Illuminating His Place In England And Europe At The Start Of The First Millennium, This Book Is A ... More Humanised, Accessible And Nuanced Portrayal Of The Monarch Than Has Ever Before Been Available.--book Jacket. Introduction: An Unready And Ill-counselled King? -- Birth And Childhood: The Court Of King Edgar C. 966-9?75 -- Woe To Thee, Oh Land, When Thy King Is A Child: Succession And Dispute, 975-84 -- The Prodigal Son, 984-93 -- Repentance And Reform, 993-1002 -- Apocalypse And Invasion, 1002-9 -- A Kingdom Lost And Won, 1009-16 -- Conclusion: An Age Of Ill Counsel?. Levi Roach. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.