1.23 - 13 The Golden Age
Anglo Saxon England Podcast
English - February 07, 2024 05:34 - 24 minutes - 21.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 257 ratingsHistory anglo saxons english norman alfred vikings Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Edgar the Peaceable's reign was a golden age of peace, prosperity and monastic reform. Unfortunately, once he'd gone his wife stuck a knife into her stepson, and the trouble starts over. But his reign should be remembered as the apogee of the Anglo Saxon state. Edgar's is the first recorded Coronation oath, and still remains the basis for the coronation oath today.
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