AEthelred's father and half-brother were called Edgar the Peaceful and Edward the Martyr. "Unready" is a translation of Old English Unraed -- but misleading and somewhat unfair. Unraed really ...

Simon Keynes discusses the life of Aethelred, the Anglo-Saxon monarch who ruled over one of the most turbulent times of English history. Show more The Anglo Saxons are somewhat out of fashion ...

During this event, King Aethelred II (Bosco Hogan), also known historically as Aethelred the Unready, ordered the slaughter of Vikings. While, in the TV series, it seemed a little unprovoked ...