The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.” In this panoramic work, David Woodman blends masterful storytelling with the latest scholarship to paint a multifaceted portrait of this immensely important but neglected figure, a man celebrated in his day as much for his benevolence, piety
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The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.” In this panoramic work, David Woodman blends masterful storytelling with the latest scholarship to paint a multifaceted portrait of this immensely important but neglected figure, a man celebrated in his day as much for his benevolence, piety
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In economics, we cut through noise with a concept called "Revealed Preference."If I loudly claim to love vanilla ice cream, yet every time I return from the Mr Whippy van I’m holding a choc-ice, my revealed preference is evidently for chocolate — not vanilla.Thus the truth of a person's preferences is revealed through their actual choices and behaviour, not by what they claim to prefer.It's unfortunate we can't simply listen to their words, but they are so oriented toward the external, the aesth
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Many Westerners, many deracinated Brits, must find themselves in a similar position.Torn between a dull acceptance of everyday materialism, trite Reddit-flavoured beliefs in 'the science', and a yearning to believe in something more than themselves—in a Christian sense in this case.It occurs to me that there is much more to this question than a binary yes/no belief in a supernatural maker so to speak. It underpins our shared culture, it informs our aphorisms, our attitudes, our legal system. To
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Many Westerners, many deracinated Brits, must find themselves in a similar position.Torn between a dull acceptance of everyday materialism, trite Reddit-flavoured beliefs in 'the science', and a yearning to believe in something more than themselves—in a Christian sense in this case.It occurs to me that there is much more to this question than a binary yes/no belief in a supernatural maker so to speak. It underpins our shared culture, it informs our aphorisms, our attitudes, our legal system. To
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Aethelstan, the son of Edward the Elder and the grandson of Alfred the Great, was the first King of England. He died in Gloucester on October 27, 939. He never married and had no children. His last wishes were to be laid to rest at Malmesbury Abbey instead of in Winchester where his father, grandfather and half-brother had been buried. The location of his original tomb is unknown. In 1539 during the dissolution of monasteries under Henry Vill the abbey was closed and sold and eventually fell in
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Aethelstan, the son of Edward the Elder and the grandson of Alfred the Great, was the first King of England. He died in Gloucester on October 27, 939. He never married and had no children. His last wishes were to be laid to rest at Malmesbury Abbey instead of in Winchester where his father, grandfather and half-brother had been buried. The location of his original tomb is unknown. In 1539 during the dissolution of monasteries under Henry Vill the abbey was closed and sold and eventually fell in
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