Kings & Queens of England 1/8: The Saxons Get the Savagery Started

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Kings & Queens of England 1/8: The Saxons Get the Savagery Started

Why was England part of Denmark?
How can starting a rumour make your son king?
Was Alfred Great, was Edgar peaceful, and was Æthelred unready?

An overview of the lives and the interesting and scandolous stories of the Kings and Queens of England. This chapter covered the early Anglo Saxon kings and the conquering Viking kings of Denmark up to the Norman conquest of 1066. Kings included are:
Alfred the Great
Edward the Elder
Æthelstan
Edmund I
Eadred
Eadwig
Edgar the Peaceful
Edward the Martyr
Æthelred the Unready
Sweyn Forkbeard
Edmund Ironside
Cnut
Harold Harefoot
Harthacnut
Edward the Confessor

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