At 16 years old, King AEthelred was considered fully grown by Anglo Saxon standards. And as a bonus graduation present, the powerful Bishop AEthelwold of Winchester\u2026 who appears to have been the defacto head of state while AEthelred was a child\u2026 had died.
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