Edward the Elder Key Michael John
New in paperback - The first biography of Alfred the Great's son, the forgotten king who was crucial to uniting England.Edward the Elder succeeded his father Alfred the Great to the kingdom of Wessex,…
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New in paperback - The first biography of Alfred the Great's son, the forgotten king who was crucial to uniting England.Edward the Elder succeeded his father Alfred the Great to the kingdom of Wessex, but was largely overlooked by his contemporaries (at least in terms of the historical record) and to a greater or lesser extent by later historians. He is the forgotten son of Alfred. Edward deserves to be recognised for his contribution to Anglo-Saxon history and a new assessment of his reign is overdue. He proved equal to the task of cementing and extending the advances made by his father, and paved the way for the eventual unification of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the nation-state of England. The course of English medieval history after his death was a direct outcome of military successes during his reign.Edward was a ruthlessly efficient military strategist and