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Jake's avatar

Great article! Oh, those names! Could you imagine Æthelwold’s grandmother yelling at the dog to get off the couch!

“Ælfweard! No—Æthelred! Uhtred? Oh, blast it—Byrhtnoth, get down this instant! Oh… whatever your name is!”

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Michael McComb's avatar

Enjoyed the article, and looking forward to the next one on Raymond.

The question of Brihtsige’s identity is an interesting one, all we know from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is that he was the son of an atheling - Beornoth. Some have suggested that he was a Mercian prince, hailing from the B dynasty. If so the implication is clearly that Æthelwold would rule in Wessex and Brihtsige in Mercia.

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