1016 Deaths - Thelred the Unready, Edmund Ironside, Jovan Vladimir, Eadnoth the Younger, Uhtred of Bamburgh, Ulfcytel Snillingr (Paperback)

Chapters: thelred the Unready, Edmund Ironside, Jovan Vladimir, Eadnoth the Younger, Uhtred of Bamburgh, Ulfcytel Snillingr, Sulayman Ibn Al-Hakam, Basil Mesardonites, Walstan, lfric of Hampshire, Badis Ibn Mansur, Wulfgar of Abingdon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 68. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: thelred the Unready, or thelred II (c. 968 23 April 1016), was king of the English (9781013 and 10141016). He was son of King Edgar and Queen lfthryth. thelred was only about 10 (no more than 13) when his half-brother Edward was murdered. thelred was not personally suspected of participation, but as the murder was committed at Corfe Castle by the attendants of lfthryth, it made it more difficult for the new king to rally the nation against the invader, especially as a legend of St Edward the Martyr soon grew. Later, thelred ordered a massacre of Danish settlers in 1002 and also paid tribute, or Danegeld, to Danish leaders from 991 onwards. His reign was much troubled by Danish Viking raiders. In 1013, thelred fled to Normandy and was replaced by Sweyn, who was also king of Denmark. However, thelred returned as king after Sweyn died in 1014. "Unready" is a mistranslation of Old English unr d (meaning bad-counsel) a twist on his name " thelred" (meaning noble-counsel). The story of thelred's notorious nickname, " thelred the Unready," from Old English elr d Unr d, goes a long way to explaining how his reputation has declined through history. His first name, composed of the elements ele, meaning "noble," and r d, meaning "counsel" or "advice," is typical of the bombastic compound names of those who belonged to the royal House of Wessex, and it characteristically alliterates with the names of his ancestors like, for example, thelwulf ("noble-wolf"), lfred ("elf-counsel...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=10083