The REAL First King of the English | The Life & Times of Æthelstan

Æthelstan, Aethelstan, or Athelstan as I think it's pronounced. Quite a lot of political intrigue going on before William, as it turns out. Wish I could've touched on that "Great Heathen Army" I keep hearing about. But seriously, this episode was harder to pronounce than Humayun, and it was in England of all places. Heaven forbid I ever step near Wales/Scotland/Ireland.

@0:34 No, this is not a definitive list of Western European countries

@1:55 Another half-brother, don't worry about it. Most important thing he ever did was die. Unclear to what extent he was actually hostile to Æthelstan though.

@2:33 No, this isn't Old English, but I couldn't find an actual image of it so I made a screenshot

@2:36 Potentially ambiguous. The Doom Book is Alfred's alone and Alfred is not Charlemagne's grandfather

@2:49 I swear I've made this exact scene before but I can't find it. Did I steal it from somewhere? Was this a scrapped section of Isabella? But I didn't have the image files...

@4:03 Now this "hooray" I definitely stole from Isabella

@4:29 If you're wondering where the Welsh are, well, they're in Wales. Not sure exactly what they're doing, but they were neutral in this whole affair, didn't give two ships.

Songs used in order of appearance:
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
Istanpitta - Saltarello Trotto II
Kevin Macleod - Android Sock Hop

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