Athelstan (935-939)

Lesson Resources

• Lesson Booklet

• Textbook Pages

• Essay Planning Sheet

Further Reading

• The Mystery of Brunanburh 

• Aethelstan becomes King 

• The Battle of Brunanburh in 937: Battlefield Dispatches

• The Vikings Return 

• Aethelstan, Edmund and Eadred against the Vikings 

• War 

Homework

• Practice Question

Lesson Resources

• Lesson Booklet

• Textbook Pages

Further Reading

• The Golden Age 

• Churchmen and the Continent 

Lesson Resources

• Lesson Booklet

• Textbook Pages

• Essay Planning Sheet

Further Reading

• The Legend of Aethelstan 

• Aethelstan and William of Malmesbury

• Court

• Running and Ruling England

• Rule of Aethelstan 

• Documentary: Aethelstan: First King of England