Fives for doing a parody with "Edmund" in the title and it's not about a sunken ship.

5's from the middle of Danelaw land (East Midlands). Novel and informative. I like it.

A fun way to learn history. They should teach it that way in school. Which is the way history was taught when Canute was king.

Thanks to Michael P, Bruno (I'm also East Midlands) & Patrick

@ Michael Pacholek: LOL! You're on a comment roll today!

Andy: You may not know it, but you're following in the footsteps of the great Merry & Pippin, who did many parodies explaining otherwise-obscure bits of British/CW and surrounding history and culture, via parody. Of course, none of us Yanks know any of this, so keep 'em coming.

I liked best the internal rhyming that so perfectly followed the internal rhyme structure of TOS lines:

They fight on some site that is now unknown
Dane might is a fright; Brits are soon put to flight .... 555

You make world history very entertaining...great job...

A nice piece of history again! The Anglo-Saxon period in English history is usually passed on a couple of sentences in the school history, and you wrote a good one. 555

Thanks TT - I can remember seeing some of their educational parodies from when I first started posting (3&1/2 years ago). I haven't seen their names around here for quite a while now (which is not really surprising, as this was my first posting in over 3 months).

Thanks AFW - I try to

Thanks Susanna - I learned very little about it as well (in the UK school system), but over the years A-S history has become my main interest out of my many hobbies - I've been studying it for over 30 years now).

Poor Edmund - he only gets a sentence or two in the history books. Probably because he only got a sentence or two in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

After Edmund's death, his pregnant wife and young son fled England. Second son (Edward Aethling) was born abroad (probably Poland) and was raised in Russia and Hungary. Around 1064 Edward the Confessor had his half-nephew fetched home from Hungary, but he died shortly after arriving in England (possibly by a messenger of death sent by Bill the C). The Aethling's daughter Margaret eventually married the King of the Scots, and their daughter married the Conqueror's son Henry I. Most Brits probably don't realize it, but Edmund's blood still flows in the Royal veins.

Thanks Meriadoc.

From what I’ve read, I’ve always thought that Edmund would have made a much better king than his dad did. He certainly tried his best to save England from being overrun by the Danes. Do you know how Eadric Streona’s treachery fits into this story? I wonder how Edmund died. Considering it was only a month after his agreement with Cnut, it’s not hard to believe that he may have been bumped off.

I presume that you know about Edmund’s grandson, Edgar (son of Edward Aetheling & brother of Margaret), who was elected king at the age of about 15 after Harold II was killed at Hastings. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England and ruled for 2 months until he was abandoned by his supporters when William arrived at London. It’s lucky for him that they abandoned him because, if he had tried to remain king, he would certainly have been killed. He ended up dying at a very old age about 60 years later.

I’m amazed that you know the small details considering that, presumably, you’re American - because of the vice/vise spelling recently & your realiz(s)e above. You’re right, most Brits that I’ve spoken to about British history don’t even know the basics. I’ve got a brother named Stephen who, until I told him, didn’t even know that we had a King Stephen who ruled for nearly 20 years. I’ve spoken to many Scottish people who didn’t know that the Scots were an invading tribe that eventually dominated the native Picts.