The Last Kingdom Has Edward the Elder Completely Wrong
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The Last Kingdom Season 4
The Last Kingdom Season 4 came out about a week ago and while I did really enjoy this new season and the direction it went in, I have a major bone to pick with the producers regarding the portrayal of Edward the Elder. Edward was the eldest son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith, and was responsible for the conquest of large parts of the so-called "Danelaw" of Danish controlled East Anglia, Essex and Eastern Mercia during his lifetime. His portrayal in season 4 is of a young man who is both shown as being indecisive whilst then flipping to the other extreme of being rash and reckless towards the end. Furthermore, he is shown as disrespecting and seeking to harm both his mother Ealhswith and Æthelflæd. The historical record of Edward the Elder directly contradicts many of the things shown in the Last Kingdom with regards to his personality and his campaigns against the Danelaw and will be what I look at in this video.
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Alfred the Great's Brothers and Sisters:
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Further Reading:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles - anon. ed. & tr. Michael Swanson.
(Really any edition of the ASC is fine but this is just the one that I was reading from and quoting and which has all the relevant manuscripts within it. While this is a primary source and a great wealth of information, do keep in mind the historical context and possible agendas of its authors who had a vested interest in portraying Edward and the West-Saxons in a positive light.)
Edward the Elder: King of the Anglo-Saxons - Michael John Key
(A very recent work on Edward the Elder which I would highly recommend as it compiles textual evidence from both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Asser's Life of Alfred and later sources as well as charters and law codes and archaeological evidence to create a narrative of Edward's life.)
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Music Used:
Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lost Frontier - Kevin MacLeod
Loopster - Kevin MacLeod
Teller of Tales - Kevin MacLeod
"Sunday Dub” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! [email protected]
#TheLastKingdom #Vikings #AngloSaxon
Related Videos of Mine:
The Droom of the Rood - Anglo-Saxon Poetry:
The Dream of the Rood | Old English E...
How the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Used Money Differently:
Why Did the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons ...
The Lindybiege Video on The Last Kingdom Season 1:
The history-pedants' guide to The Las...
My Oldest Video (A Response to the Above):
A Response To Lindybeige's video on "...
Were the Vikings Meaner Than Other Medieval Peoples@
Were the Vikings Meaner than Others -...
Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism - The Same:
Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism: Were ...
Old English - The Langauge of the Anglo-Saxons:
Old English: The Language of the Angl...
Alfred the Great:
Alfred Was Great But Was Never King o...
Wessex Before Alfred:
Before There Was An England: The Hist...
Alfred the Great's Brothers and Sisters:
Alfred the Great's Brothers and Siste...
History of the Viking Age in England:
The History of the Vikings in England...
Further Reading:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles - anon. ed. & tr. Michael Swanson.
(Really any edition of the ASC is fine but this is just the one that I was reading from and quoting and which has all the relevant manuscripts within it. While this is a primary source and a great wealth of information, do keep in mind the historical context and possible agendas of its authors who had a vested interest in portraying Edward and the West-Saxons in a positive light.)
Edward the Elder: King of the Anglo-Saxons - Michael John Key
(A very recent work on Edward the Elder which I would highly recommend as it compiles textual evidence from both the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Asser's Life of Alfred and later sources as well as charters and law codes and archaeological evidence to create a narrative of Edward's life.)
Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon):
Patreon: HistorywithHilbert
Dive into Discord:
https://discordapp.com/invite/UMzHMtA...
Join in the Banter on Twitter:
Twitter: HistorywHilbert
Enter the Fray on Facebook:
Facebook: HistorywHilbert
Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop):
Instagram: historywithhilbert
Music Used:
Eine Kleine Nachtsmusik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lost Frontier - Kevin MacLeod
Loopster - Kevin MacLeod
Teller of Tales - Kevin MacLeod
"Sunday Dub” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! [email protected]
#TheLastKingdom #Vikings #AngloSaxon
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