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16 de may. de 2024 · Especialista en Historia. Actualizado a 16 de mayo de 2024 · 14:55 · Lectura: Ivar el deshuesado es uno de los personajes más célebres de las antiguas sagas nórdicas. Hijo de Ragnar Lodbrok y de su tercera esposa Aslaug, este vikingo recibió su apodo por padecer una rara enfermedad fruto de una maldición, que o bien le había ...
Hace 1 día · In 937 AD, a fierce battle took place on British soil that would shape the course of history for centuries to come. The Battle of Brunanburh, fought between the English king Athelstan and an alliance of Scots, Vikings, and Britons, was a pivotal moment in the formation of England and Scotland as distinct nations.
Hace 2 días · Æthelstan: The First King of England. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2011, ISBN: 9780300125351; 336pp.; Price: £30.00. Æthelstan might not, to the uninitiated, seem a very likely candidate for a volume in the prestigious Yale English Monarchs series. He lacks the name-recognition associated with a Conquerer or a Confessor, and is not ...
Hace 18 horas · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c.849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Hace 5 días · Following the reconquest of remaining Danish-held territory, completed in 927 by Alfred’s grandson Athelstan, the kings of Wessex became kings of England. The region figures prominently in legends of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table , and the designation “Wessex” was used by novelist Thomas Hardy to represent the ...
20 de may. de 2024 · Athelstan. Played by George Blagden (seasons 1–4) An Anglo-Saxon monk from the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria. Captured by Ragnar on his first raid, Athelstan is constantly torn between the customs of Christian England and the pagan ways of Scandinavia. Athelstan becomes a confidant of King Ecbert after he is captured by his army.
12 de may. de 2024 · Athelstan learning to fight "Athelstan's Warrior Transformation! #Vikings #Season2 #Athelstan #FightTraining #VikingWarrior In this epic scene from Vikings Season 2, Athelstan (George...
