Æthelred the Ready

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4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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It's nearly 10 years since we reviewed Æthelred the Unready and gave him a score of 0 for Battleyness - not surprising for the king who suffered decades of Viking raids and was kicked off the throne (nearly twice) but have we been too harsh? We speak to Brandon Bender who has written a book about Æthelred's military campaign which suggests he was a far more proactive and capable leader than his reputation suggests. Will we be convinced or will Æthelred remain at the bottom of the pile for Battleyness? Brandon's book is called 'England's Unlikely Commander: The Military Career of Æthelred the Unready' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.0	And welcome to Rex Factor where today we're not reviewing all the Queen and Prince Consort of England, but instead we are having
1:05.6	a look back at one of the monarchs we reviewed in season 1, Ethelred The Unready.
1:12.0	He's probably one of the more famous of the Anglo-Saxon kings or perhaps infamous.
1:16.1	He's not very well thought of. We think of the dengold, lots of defeats to the Vikings.
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