Aethelred the Unready

Published: Jan. 2, 2019, 10 a.m.

Aethelred's name is a combination of the Old English word aethel, meaning 'noble, excellent', and raed, meaning 'advice, counsel'. Simon Keynes probes the life of this Anglo-Saxon monarch who ruled over one of the most turbulent times of English history.\nProducer: Sarah Taylor