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The Kingdom of the English: The Wars of Athelstan, Edmund and Eadred, 927-959

The Kingdom of the English: The Wars of Athelstan, Edmund and Eadred, 927-959

Hill, Paul

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Military History

Publisher Price: $39.95

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 30, 2026

ISBN10: 1526782537
ISBN13: 9781526782533
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: Nov 30 2026
Pages: 240
Language: English
A sweeping account examines thelstan's reign, military campaigns, and dynastic struggles shaping early England's northern expansion and enduring power.

In this the third part of his four-volume military and political history of early England Paul Hill explores the rise of thelstan, first-born son of Edward the Elder and grandson of Alfred the Great. His reign saw an expanded English kingdom thanks to the efforts of his aunt thelfl d and his father, but thelstan's prestige had much to do with his own extraordinary ability. Courts across Europe felt the king's influence through carefully planned marriages, while he firmly stamped his authority at home.

This volume traces the challenges in thelstan's reign after he established power in the north in 927 and explores the mystery surrounding his half-brother Edwin's unusual death. But it also looks at the great military campaigns of the time. The English campaign in Scotland in 934 and the tumultuous encounter between thelstan's forces and a northern alliance at the now lost - but perhaps found - battlefield of Brunanburh in 937 are examined. So too is the passionate history of the hunt for the battle site. Also told is a fresh account of the campaigns and fortunes of the king's brothers Edmund and Eadred who succeeded thelstan in turn.

The kingdom was by no means secure though. The warrior kings came again. Hill's narrative portrays the deeds of the evocatively named Eric 'Bloodaxe' of York and the bitter end of an independent Viking northern kingdom which had so bedevilled the kings of the south. Were the fields of Britain finally consolidated into one (as one chronicler said) or was there more trouble ahead?

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