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Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)
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The astonishing Æthelstan

A memorial tomb to King Æthelstan, in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. (Photo by Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images)
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If King Alfred was great, was Æthelstan even greater?

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Ælfweard and Æthelstan: were they rivals for the throne of Wessex?

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Anglo-Saxons versus Scots and Vikings at Brunanburh: the forgotten fight that changed British history

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What if... Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?

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