HIST21141: From Catastrophe to Crusade

Week 5: The Return of the Vikings

 Housekeeping…
Assessment
1. Two source commentaries (750 words each) (20%)

- Due date Friday 26th October (TOMORROW) at 12:00.

2. Essay (2500 words) (30%)

For more details, see your
handbook.
- Due date Friday 14th December (Week 12)
(The new one is now on
3. Two hour exam (50%) Blackboard)

- Exact date TBD (This will be in January)

My contact details:
-Isaac.Boothroyd@Manchester.ac.uk
-Office hours: Monday 2-3pm, Sam Alex A204
 Key questions:
 
- Why is Æthelred’s reputation as poor as it is?

- What’s the role of the Bishops – particularly Wulfstan

– in relation to the response to the Vikings, and
Æthelred’s reputation?

- What did contemporaries think made a model King?

 Æthelred’s reputation

King Æthelred, as depicted in the Abingdon Chronicle

(British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B. VI. fo. 87v)
The Bishops’ response to invasion?

A manuscript copy of the Sermon of the Wolf

MS Cotton Nero A.i
 What makes a good King?

Statue of Alfred the Great by Edgar the Peaceable, King Æthelred,

Hamo Thornycroft, unveiled at Cotton Vespasian A. viii, f. 2v (British Library, Cotton MS Claudius
Winchester, 1901 B. VI. fo. 87v)