Quotes About Æthelred

The English remained paralysed by their own rivalries until the following April, at which point Æthelred made an invaluable contribution to the war effort by dropping dead, clearing the way for Edmund to succeed him.

it forced Æthelred to do what Byrhtnoth had refused to countenance, and pay the vikings to cease their plundering.

Æthelred made an invaluable contribution to the war effort by dropping dead, clearing the way for Edmund to succeed him.

But the Chronicle for Æthelred's reign was written after its disastrous conclusion,