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EI Weekly Listen - Tom Holland on Æthelstan and the forging of a United Kingdom of England
Oct 1, 2021
20:19
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
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2
The Kingdom of the English
03:58 • 4min
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3
The Conquest of Northumbria by Rex Andglorum
07:43 • 3min
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4
Athenaeus, the Greatest Warrior of the Age
11:02 • 2min
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5
Athelstan's Clemency
13:16 • 3min
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6
The Legacy of Athelstan and the New Kingdom of England
15:58 • 4min
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The story of how, over the course of three generations, the royal dynasty of Wessex went from near oblivion to fashioning a kingdom that still endures today is the most remarkable and momentous in the island's history. Read by Leighton Pugh.
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/aethelstan-the-king-who-forged-a-united-kingdom-of-england/
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