S1.10 Aethelred the Unready

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2010

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The last of the boy kings and one of the most infamous of the Saxons, poor Aethelred has a rather torrid time. As if coming to the throne after his brother was murdered was not enough, he is faced with the most powerful Viking force in a century and struggles to keep the Scandinavian hordes at bay. Listen in to find out why this reign sets us on the path to 1066, why we really shouldn't call him "unready" and how he makes a mockery of our scoring system. Do you think we did a good job with Aethelred? Email rexfactorpodcast@hotmail.com or follow us on twitter @rexfactorpod and tell us what you think! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.0	Welcome to Rex Factor. This week, Ethel Red The Unready.
1:07.0	With your host Graham Duke and Ali Hood.
1:17.0	Another bit late? Well yes we've had a few weeks off but we're back
1:27.0	back ready for action and we're last boy king yes the last of the six boy kings
1:32.2	namely as you just heard Ethel read the unready, and technically Ethel read the second, which means that he's our first second.
1:40.0	Who's the other one? The first one, we didn't cover him in terms of reviewing him but he was
1:45.3	Alfred's older brother was called Ethelred as well and he was king before Alfred he was
1:49.9	came before Alfred we didn't review him but he was the first so this is why we now have
1:53.3	Ethelred the second. But for our purposes he's still the first and only Ethelred.
1:58.8	But actually but we're calling him Ethel Red the unready so all confusion is got yeah
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