Keynes defended the Wilton charters in group 2, and his arguments have been widely accepted
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Æthelwulf
Æthelwulf was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. Ecgberht sent Æthelwulf with an army to Kent, where he expelled the Mercian sub-king and was himself appointed sub-king. After 830, Ecgberht maintained good relations with Mercia, and this was continued by…
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politics · King of Wessex from 839 to 858 · monarch · also Æthelwulf, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Aethelwulf of Wessex, Ethelwulf of Wessex, AEthelwulf of Wessex, King Æthelwulf
Born 0795 · Died 13 January 0858 · Q272326
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1994· 2 entries
Keynes described it as "one of the most perplexing problems" in the study of 9th-century charters
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1964· 2 entries
That most are based on authentic diplomas
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Described him as "a king whose valour in war and princely munificence recalled the figures of the heroic age", but in 1979, Enright said: "More than anything else he appears to have been an impractical religious enthusia
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1956· 1 entry
But in a new introduction to the 2003 edition, Keynes listed him among people "who have not always been accorded the attention they might be thought to deserve
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0858· 1 entry
Died 0858-01-13.
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0839· 1 entry
Career landmark: King of Wessex (0839–0858).
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0795· 1 entry
Born 0795.
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