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Perhaps no image of an Anglo-Saxon king has been shaped as unyieldingly by his enemies as Eadwig's (955-59). Ruthless purging of the old guard of his father and uncle and the appointments of favourites resulted in his character assassination in the hagiographies of the men he’d dismissed. He was labelled an incorrigible rascal and lecher. The accounts paint a picture of a naïve, capricious, salacious misguided boy, who side-lined experienced advisors when they resisted his childish impulses.
Characters
Eadwig - King of England (955-59)
Aelfgifu - wife of Eadwig
Edmund I - King of England (939-46), father of Eadwig
Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury - mother of Eadwig
Eadgifu - grandmother of Eadwig
Edgar - younger brother of Eadwig, King of the Mercians and Northumbrians
Aethelgifu - mother of Aelfgifu, Eadwig’s wife
Aelric - Eadwig’s foster parent
Dunstan - Abbot of Glastonbury
Oda - Archbishop of Canterbury
Aethelwold - Abbot of Abingdon
Aethelstan half-king - Alderman of East-Anglia
B - chronicler
William of Malmesbury - chronicler
Credits
Music: Nomadic Dawn by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Medieval_Town_SFX_Bundle
By Jonny Langton5
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Perhaps no image of an Anglo-Saxon king has been shaped as unyieldingly by his enemies as Eadwig's (955-59). Ruthless purging of the old guard of his father and uncle and the appointments of favourites resulted in his character assassination in the hagiographies of the men he’d dismissed. He was labelled an incorrigible rascal and lecher. The accounts paint a picture of a naïve, capricious, salacious misguided boy, who side-lined experienced advisors when they resisted his childish impulses.
Characters
Eadwig - King of England (955-59)
Aelfgifu - wife of Eadwig
Edmund I - King of England (939-46), father of Eadwig
Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury - mother of Eadwig
Eadgifu - grandmother of Eadwig
Edgar - younger brother of Eadwig, King of the Mercians and Northumbrians
Aethelgifu - mother of Aelfgifu, Eadwig’s wife
Aelric - Eadwig’s foster parent
Dunstan - Abbot of Glastonbury
Oda - Archbishop of Canterbury
Aethelwold - Abbot of Abingdon
Aethelstan half-king - Alderman of East-Anglia
B - chronicler
William of Malmesbury - chronicler
Credits
Music: Nomadic Dawn by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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