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Join Paul and Calum on the next instalment of The Birth of The English Nation!
This show features:
Æthelstan or
Athelstan (
/ˈæθəlstæn/;
Old English:
Æþelstan[a] or
Æðelstān;
[b] Old Norse:
Aðalsteinn meaning "noble stone"; c. 894 – 27 October 939) was
King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and
King of the English from 927 to 939 when he died.
[c] He was the son of King
Edward the Elder and his first wife,
Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings. He never married and had no children. He was succeeded by his half-brother,
EdmundAlso Calum and Paul talk about the Battle of Brunanburh:
The
Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between
Æthelstan, King of
England, and an alliance of
Olaf Guthfrithson, King of
Dublin;
Constantine II, King of
Scotland, and
Owain, King of
Strathclyde. The battle is often cited as the point of origin for English nationalism: historians such as
Michael Livingston argue that "the men who fought and died on that field forged a political map of the future that remains [in modernity], arguably making the Battle of Brunanburh one of the most significant battles in the long history not just of England, but of the whole of the British Isles."
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