Today we begin in Northumbria.
King AEthelred of Northumbria, son of AEthelwold Moll, was sitting the throne, having taken it from a man who claimed to be from the Line of Ida. And initially it seems that many people were quite happy with AEthelred, and we’re told that he was put in power with a great deal of pomp and circumstance.
Then shortly after he took the throne, someone tried to kill Ealdorman Eadwulf. The assassination failed, but it certainly was a strange event and it had everyo...
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