Eadric Streona: Anglo-Saxon England's Greatest Villain? 

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Edmund Ironside is one of my favourite figures in English history, its a pity he isn't better known :( great video as usual!

With the Early English and Vikings looking so much alike in battle one wonders how they were able to tell each other apart.

I wrote an essay on Cnut in high school, each time I wrote his name spell check would suggest "Cunt". It was then that I learnt how to adjust spell check settings. Before I handed the paper in I did a word search for Cunt, it appeared about 3 times!!

How about a video on Earl Godwin, and his sons?

I never heard of him. Thanks you

A very scholarly presentation indeed...no pesky reenactments..

Ethelred was too young to take part in the murder of his half-brother, but it seems that he witnessed it. His mother (who organised the assassination of her stepson) beat him with a candlestick for crying about it. This was possibly the cause of his developing borderline personality disorder. Eadric Streona was a cousin if the line of Godwin through Aethelmaer the Fat. He is said (in later accounts) to have murdered Edmund Ironside either by concealing his son in the toilet pit & jabbing him up the jacksie with a spear or by booby trapping an early crossbow to perform likewise. The story goes that Eadric was beating Cnut (a vicious bastard in his own right) at chess & Cnut got salty, demanding to change the rules (on account of his being king & all). They had arrow in which Eadric boasted he had put Cnut where he was today by killing Ironside, at which point Cnut told one of his Jarls (possibly Thorkel the Tall) to chop him with an axe & his body was cast into the marshes of the Thames.

Great video, but I am still waiting on your MA Man LP.

Well looks like I gonna have comment here too . Hallo again from Denmark history time . As you Said in video about professional viking armies are true . In a decade before Ethelred the unready took the English throne . Denmark had just been unified into a single state under Harold Bluetoth around 965(also the year Harold converted to Christianity . Even though it woud take another 150 years befor Odin , Thor and the went went away). Harold was powerfull enough to make the rulers of Zealand (and the Island ) and scania(in modern sweden . That area was danish untill 1660. When Denmark lost the scanian wars with sweden ) and norway submit to his rule . Suddenly the King of Denmark coud raise huge armies . And fist recorded raid viking in ethelreds reign took place in 983. So it wasnt Svend Forkbeard Who started the viking raids in England to collect danegeld . But his father Harold Bluetoth . But in 986 Harold was overthrown and killed on Svend orders after rebillion/civil war . And Svend took the danish Crown for himself . Svend was around 26 at the time ... And some years where Svend conslidsted his rule and becoming the most powerfull ruler in Scandinavia . We still consider him of our greatest rulers here in Denmark . Thats when the raids started .in 990’es started. But Svend didnt start it . His father did ....

your voice sounds more and more like Ewin Magreggor every time I hear it SALUTE

Do those VIKINGS have studded leather??

1:07 is this from Lord of the Rings?

Most interesting...

Villain for sure.

Aethelred truly was "unready" to be king since he was only 12 when he became king... My 13 year old would never be ready to be a king at this age. 12 & 13 year olds have just hit puberty. They are trying to figure out their own bodies... So I know they lack the maturity to rule well....

The descendents of of these hords fighters Chieftens Kings and their names are still with us, The siol Alpine of the picktish clans anointed their kings on the stone of Scoon, The linyedge of their past kings was recited to them they were given a sword to protect there followers. The battle call was repeated Cumragh Bass Alpine, Remember the death of Alpin. One of those kings was Malkam Can more Can Cath Ma Ch Dubithagh Mac Duffy. The grand farther of Mac Beath, So Shakespeare left a taunt, Huble bubble toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble, For something wicked this way comes.

Can you make a video on the British royal family's decent or bloodline that came from the ancient Egyptian pharaohs please

I like the fact that Edgar "the Pacifier" is shown sucking his thumb.

Well narrated and with great illustrations. Thanks for this. Subscribed with pleasure.

Amazing how much is know about this remote period of history.

Then it seems that greed, disregard and disloyalty eventually decided his fate. I think Cnut himself wanted rid of this man, afraid of what he achieved from so little, and for the fact that he was ready to betray even the king who supplied him with all that power. Also, leaving him alive could have caused a great political disruption for Cnut, especially because many noblemen already hated/mistrusted him, which could have eventually developed into a civil war.

enjoy the art work

Edmund ironside is my favourite English king, without the betrayal he would of been Edmund the great I don't doubt

The urge to play M&B Viking Conquest is overwhelming

Tar very much! These tales satisfy my Mercian self and my Viking ancestry both. I demand we bring back some of these excellent names too!!

Ironside could of won if this traitor hadn’t turned tail. If he won the conquerer wouldn’t of had a claim to England, and we could see a far different future for the Anglo Saxon england

Eadric Streona is my paternal 38th great grandfather.

"the Martyr" has to be one of the worst titles to get. Had Aethelred not been so "unready" the English language would be quite different as William the Conqueror would not have had much claim to the throne

Thing always gets me is Britain gets a rough ride over their empire days but people are quick to forget the saxons Roman's Vikings... Wheres our repatriation monies...

Lovely! As i eagerly raise money for my thrones of Brittania copy, more materrial to hype on. :)

Never heard about this character before, good topic for a video. Very informative , keep it on just like that)

As the epithet 'unraed' meant 'ill-advised' people should stop using the false translation of unready.

Swayne.....ughh, it hurts my ears. Try Sven

Wonder what these Anglo-Saxon heroes would think of the current islamic invasion of England.

Great video once again! Have you considered touching on Matilda of Tuscany and the investiture controversy? A very underrated figure and time in European history.

The BBC says england was black. Didn't you get the memo.

For a rep like that he must have been a very most sanguine of Murderers.

Great Video and here is a like... One small criticism. As you tell the tale you don't really hint that this is an awful brutal Villain. Eadric sounds like most other Ambitious nobles during these times. Maybe add some flair to add to his Villainy. Please more of this History, as an American with Irish English Scottish Scandinavian descent its great to hear of this part of history.

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Anglo saxons didnt get wiped the normans actually recruited and let the anglo saxons breed still thats why The British still have the Anglo Saxon blood

I have been watching your content for the last few days and the increase in production quality this last year has been amazing, thoroughly enjoying the channel.

Thanks for letting me know that I am not 2 crazy I always knew that I was gonna run across the information on past life. I have problems with everything n the rock that lets us stay

Æthelred was a curse upon England. His single good decision was to pay off Thorkell the Tall, a danish warleader, who previously raided England under Sweyn. Thorkell was much more loyal and competent than any of the saxon lords Æthelred raised to power and station. It was thanks to him that there was even a chance to defeat the Danes.

I did ancestry genealogy stuff and he was my ancestor

Hey I remember this guy from Horrible Histories! He rammed his sword up some kings ass!

will you do a mini video for eadric the wild? one of the few to defy norman rule

I’m related to this guy

Im related to Eadric

K&G brought me here :)

Eadric was like Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick with his turncoat behavior & trying to manipulate kings & like Lord Stanley who sided with the winner during a battle...

Any use of historic case examples, as a method of "wining" wars, and even decision-making in social actions, is entirely too complex and non-analogous to the true world, as it is. These "case examples" and/or stories may be useful to learn facts, and possibly new concepts, but applying one, or even several historical examples to a current situation, usually always has a conflict with its application. This false analogy; some past occurrence is, plainly, not exactly the same today. All people are different, all laws are different/differently interpreted (society has advanced), and all people have their autonomy. The chance that all people are going to behave exactly like a historical case example is extremely unlikely, given people's rights, and their autonomy. Thus, overall is the concept of the logical fallacy, the "false [and/or faulty] analogy" The use of fictional stories can even be more flawed, as these fictional stories may not be complete in their depiction of reality. One quality may be "attractive", but is this being, as one may say "hooked on a feeling", making decisions based on emotions instead of facts, and somewhat hedonistic, truly what is best? But if this quality, if it is action, revenge, love, (and others) even the best "feeling" to guide one's decision-making? People are self-aware. What happens when people find out, and understand sources people are making their decision from? This may be more relevant if a person is/was taking more steps towards recreating this reality, than merely playing one part. Such as truly assigning labels, and roles to other people. Still, all people are free to define themselves, or at least should be, and some more specific conversation uses references to literature and other media as a way merely to conversate about certain topics. What if people were using legal terms, and even court rooms, to recreate their favorite books? Even without completely being aware? Couldn't this be harmful? With awareness to these topics as separate works of art, and not true life. What then? As a leader, what are people truly creating? What exactly is one creating their society into? Is making decisions this way limiting other people into roles they have not chose for themselves? Should people learn, and or be explained, more specific forms of conversation? Thanks for reading.

Forkbeard, lmao

Sounds like Game of Thrones. I need to read more about that time period.

To be honest, he did what he could to survive, this Eadric Streona. Sure he was a dick for switching sides, almost reminding me of Lu Bu again, but still, he was being... pragmatic with his choices.

Eadric was a Very Common Name in the 11th Century Early Medieval England

...so much info all at once. I had to watch it twice to take it all in.

Honestly doesn't seem like such an awful guy.

Then there was Wulfric Spot...

awesome u peel back the cover on obscure figures

So did they reach Devon?

Great work! Keep it up.

Great channel! But - it would be great to have some videos on African and South American history

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Hell yea

I'm sure the Eadric planned that retreat to facilitate Cnut's victory. That' what Edward Ironside got for trusting someone who would betray his own kin.

What was it that kept Wales A nation through history why wasn't it taken over?

Honestly man you shouldve titled this channel western history time (nothing from subsaharan or saharan africa, americas, east, mid, southern asia, anything not around the mediterainean, Persia, scandinavia or the british isles) cuz. Thats literally all thats on it lol Of course i dont seriously mind, it just continues to stick out to me thst you focus quite heavily on the.. White / european. Areas of history. And im only saying this because i cant find another way to i am *NOT* insinuating youre racist via your preference of historical tales to put in your videos. Its just that. Youre not exactly. Very broad with your history for it to be blatently called history time. Im sure theres a good reason. Seriously. Youre good at what you do these are awesome videos. But. You may wanna start putting in some diversity for the sake of your channels name

I find it interesting that when my ancestors left Scandinavia and settled Scotland, Normandy, and the Danelaw, the local population reacted much the same way as modern European "nationalists" react to Syrian and African refugees...and yes, my ancestors really DID come to steal the Saxon people's land and money and women! The Saxons did the same thing to Roman Britain, and the Romans did the same to the Celts, and later generations of Britons did exactly the same thing to the Native Americans. Really, pretty much all of history consists of people from one country travelling to another country to take their land and their money and their women...so why should modern Europe buck the trend? Trade and population migration are good for the gene pool and the economy, and leads to an influx of new technologies and cultural ideas, while the best elements of the original culture generally remain strong. Hey, Canada was built on immigration!