He also murdered his brother ( well, brother died in suspicious circumstances) suspicious enough that the king felt compelled to make a large grant of land to the church,which became Barton Abbey in Wiltshire. Original granary still standing , with much larger one built several centuries later. Since I knew about Aethelred and his chronic un-redeness, I was thrilled to visit. Didn’t know abut Danelaw fiasco tho.
This is great! Thanks for including the real background on the word so that it translates to "ill-advised."
Your post made me think of the Kipling poem about Dane-geld and the famous lines:
"And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane."
He also murdered his brother ( well, brother died in suspicious circumstances) suspicious enough that the king felt compelled to make a large grant of land to the church,which became Barton Abbey in Wiltshire. Original granary still standing , with much larger one built several centuries later. Since I knew about Aethelred and his chronic un-redeness, I was thrilled to visit. Didn’t know abut Danelaw fiasco tho.
Some things never change