This book is available in ebook form, free of charge, on the Rounded Globe website. Versions of this book downloaded prior to 14 August 2019 may have different page numbers. NOTE: The current file listed here corresponds to the book's printed form. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Tracking the king’s movement and activity over his 38-year reign, this book argues that Æthelred the Unready was anything but a battle-avoider. Grasses (Botanical) - Kindle edition by Harris, Stephen. This book seeks to redress King Æthelred’s military reputation, arguing that he was militarily prepared and often successful against his many enemies, including the Vikings. That isn’t the case, though, as Bender’s research has found. Due to the unflattering nickname (unraed actually means “poorly-advised”) and the Danish Conquest of England, it might seem that these critics have won the argument before it’s even started. Stephen Harris describes this relationship against the background of our heightened awareness of climate change: in the future we will have to balance our needs. In the realm of popular history, it’s common to hear the claim that Æthelred the Unready, King of the English, was a military failure in an age where kings had to be warriors.
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