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发信人: Systems (Queen Victoria Died), 信区: English
标 题: The Anglo Saxons--ATHELSTAN
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月06日18:10:10 星期天), 站内信件
ATHELSTAN (r. 924-939)
Edward's heir Athelstan (reigned 925-39) was also a distinguished and audaci
ous soldier who pushed the boundaries of the kingdom to their furthest exten
t yet. In 927-8, Athelstan took York from the Danes; he forced the submissio
n of king Constantine of Scotland and of the northern kings; all five Welsh
kings agreed to pay a huge annual tribute (reportedly including 25,000 oxen)
, and Athelstan eliminated opposition in Cornwall.
The battle of Brunanburh in 937, in which Athelstan led a force drawn from B
ritain and defeated an invasion by the king of Scotland in alliance with the
Welsh and Danes from Dublin, earned him recognition by lesser kings in Brit
ain.
Athelstan's law codes strengthened royal control over his large kingdom; cur
rency was regulated to control silver's weight and to penalise fraudsters. B
uying and selling was mostly confined to the burhs, encouraging town life; a
reas of settlement in the midlands and Danish towns were consolidated into s
hires. Overseas, Athelstan built alliances by marrying four of his half-sist
ers to various rulers in western Europe.
He also had extensive cultural and religious contacts; as an enthusiastic an
d discriminating collector of works of art and religious relics, he gave awa
y much of his collection to his followers and to churches and bishops in ord
er to retain their support.
Athelstan died at the height of his power and was buried at Malmesbury; a ch
urch charter of 934 described him as 'King of the English, elevated by the r
ight hand of the Almighty ... to the Throne of the whole Kingdom of Britain'
. Athelstan died childless.
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We are angels with but one wing.
To fly we must embrace each other.
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