Aethelred the unready Flashcards
Who was on the side of pro reform at this time ?
Dunstan , Aethelwold , oswald and lay leaders
What was the aims of the pro reformers ?
Reinstate benedictine rules
Expand church authority by building new churches
How did the pro reformers achieve their goals ?
They used their religious authority to influence law making
Who were the anti reformers at the time ?
Aethelred ealdormen
What was the aim of the anti reformers ?
To regain authority and property lost due to the reforms
How did the anti reformers acheive their aims ?
Using aggression , E.G the abbey of evesham was sacked
intimidated abbots
Small owners made to make claims against the abbeys deemed to have cheated them into deals
What was the significance of Edward the martyers death ?
Book “ life of st Oswald shows the mayhem of the following night after his death
Aethelwear dealt with the unrest and also made him into a monastic reformer who asked for the penance of his death
What was the major change in the viking attacks during Aethelstans reign ?
Percieved weaknesses caused the vikings to exploit
Creation of strategic fortresses shows how powerful they had become
New wave came mainly from denmark
Why did Aethelred side with richard of normandy ?
Collective raids and damage to southampton made him look for help
He thought that some vikings were using france as a point to launch attacks
he formed a treaty saying that they would not allow any vikings to use their terrirory as a base
What were the events at the second battle of maldon ?
Brythnoth corners and traps vikings on an island
He allows them to escape so that their 2 army’s could face off
Brythnoth killed in battle / mant ended up deserting
What was the significance of tribute to the vikings and the saxons
Such huge levels of tribute was being paid that it motivated the vikings to conqueror the entirety of england
Yet Aethelreds options were limited
What were some of the internal divisions in Aethelreds court
Ealdormen sending military plans to the vikings
eadric streona’s defection to the vikings ( he was EM of merica ) which lost him alot of power and military strength
Wuthnoth and ES’s brother’s dispute resulted in 1/2 the navy being destroyed
How did the role of the viking leaders lead to aethelreds failure ?
Olaf trygvvasson made an alliance with aethelred and used tribute to try and become the king of norway
Sweyn was the KON , after a famine he resumed attacks which lead to the conqueroring of england
Sweyn was motivated by the competition he faced to be king of norway and the throne of england
What was the impact of aethelreds death ?
After aethelred exiled to normandy , sweyn stormed in
cnuts succession caused a rebellion which was crushed
Edmund had nothing to broker peace with - it was agreed that edmund would be king of wesses and cnut would run merica
Why did aethelred introduce a new law code ?
To use the laws to create stability and peace
Reform the legal system
Maintain control over the issuing of coins
strengthen the role of the church
What was the significance of his law codes ?
Revealed plans on how to deal with the vikings / legalising of a peace treaty
Creation of jury system showe he had a vision of being an innovator
His military failings covered up the administrative work he had put in
Why did the cultural revolution occur ?
Motivated by the monastic reformers
Archbishop wulfstan and aelfric of enysham headed the movement
They produced volumes of literacy works
How important was wulfstan in aiding cultural change ?
Produced large numbers of homilies - emphasising the lack of religion as the reason of their failure
Wrote about the abiding of tithes to grow the church
His works were widely spread and avaliable for the people
Canons of edgar emphasised the duties of parish preists
How important was Aelfric in aiding cultural change ?
His works were educated the people on the coming of the antichrist and how to combat it
His solution was to repent for their sins and promote a christian way of living
