PLATES, MAPS AND FIGURES

Plates

1.Frontispiece of the New Minster Refoundation Charter (S 745): Edgar presents the charter to Christ. © The British Library Board (MS Cotton Vespasian A. viii, fol. 2v).

2.Post-reform coinage of Edgar, Edward the Martyr and Æthelred. © The Sylloge of Coins from the British Isles (SCBI), 66 vols. (1958–).

a)Edgar, Reform/Small Cross (SCBI, L, no. 264): mint place – Lewes; moneyer – Theodgar.

b)Edward, Small Cross (SCBI, II, no. 753): mint place – Northampton; moneyer – Cylm.

c)Æthelred, First Small Cross (SCBI, LI, no. 1): mint place – Lincoln; moneyer – Swerting.

d)Æthelred, First Hand (SCBI, LXV, no. 102): mint place – London; moneyer – Cyn(e)sige.

e)Æthelred, Second Hand (SCBI, LXV, no. 124): mint place – Exeter; moneyer – Luoda.

f)Æthelred, Benediction Hand (SCBI, II, no. 825): mint place – Worcester; moneyer – Durand.

g)Æthelred, Crux (SCBI, LXV, no. 313): mint place – Malmesbury; moneyer – Leofwine.

h)Æthelred, Intermediate Small Cross (SCBI, LI, no. 134): mint place – Malmesbury; moneyer – Ealdred.

i)Æthelred, Long Cross (SCBI, LXV, no. 683): mint place – London; moneyer – Godwine.

j)Æthelred, Helmet (SCBI, LXV, no. 1016): mint place – Theford; moneyer – Osulf.

k)Æthelred, Agnus Dei (SCBI, LXV, no. 1095): mint place – Derby; moneyer – Blacaman.

l)Æthelred, Last Small Cross (SCBI, LXV, no. 1184): mint place – Ipswich; moneyer – Lifinc (Lifing).

3.The Jelling Stone: erected by the Danish ruler Harald Bluetooth to commemorate his achievements. © The National Museum of Denmark (photographer: Roberto Fortuna).

4.The tidal causeway at Northey Island: the probable location of the Battle of Maldon. Photographer: Johanna Dale.

5.Restitution of liberty to Abingdon (S 876). © The British Library Board (MS Cotton Augustus ii. 38).

6.Restitution of liberty to Abingdon (S 876): autograph crosses in the witness-list. © The British Library Board (MS Cotton Augustus ii. 38).

7.Confirmation of liberty to bishopric of Cornwall (S 880). © The Dean and Chapter, Exeter Cathedral (MS 2070).

8.Unfinished chapel at Bradford-on-Avon (Som.). © Jeremy Haslam.

9.Execution burial at Ridgeway Hill, Dorset. © Oxford Archaeology.

10.Execution burial at St John’s College, Oxford. © Thames Valley Archaeology.

11.Cuckhamsley Barrow (Scutchamer Knob), Berks. © Sarah Semple.

12.Defences at South Cadbury (Som.): refurbished under Æthelred. Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography.

13.Yttergärde rune-stone (Vallentuna, Uppland, Sweden). © The Swedish National Heritage Board (photographer: Bengt A. Lundberg).

14.Rubrics to the medium version of the Sermo Lupi ad Anglos. © The Master and Fellows, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MS 201, p. 82).

15.Rubrics to the long version of the Sermo Lupi ad Anglos. © The British Library Board (MS Cotton Nero A. i, fol. 110r).

16.Assemblage of weapons found at London Bridge. © The Museum of London.

Maps

1.England in the reign of Æthelred II.

After M. Lapidge et al., ed., Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (Chichester, 2013), p. 572.

2.Western Europe in the reign of Æthelred II.

After C. Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 (London, 2009), p. xviii.

3.Viking activity in England, 1009–10.

After D. Hill, An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England (Oxford, 1981), p. 68.

4.Swein Forkbeard’s invasion of England, 1013.

After Hill, Atlas, p. 69.

Figures

1.The West Saxon royal family, 871–1016 (simplified).