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The Last Kingdom Has Edward the Elder Completely Wrong (2020x22)

Air date: May 03, 2020

The Last Kingdom Season 4 came out about a week ago and while I did really enjoy this new season and the direction it went in, I have a major bone to pick with the producers regarding the portrayal of Edward the Elder. Edward was the eldest son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith, and was responsible for the conquest of large parts of the so-called "Danelaw" of Danish controlled East Anglia, Essex and Eastern Mercia during his lifetime. His portrayal in season 4 is of a young man who is both shown as being indecisive whilst then flipping to the other extreme of being rash and reckless towards the end. Furthermore, he is shown as disrespecting and seeking to harm both his mother Ealhswith and Æthelflæd. The historical record of Edward the Elder directly contradicts many of the things shown in the Last Kingdom with regards to his personality and his campaigns against the Danelaw and will be what I look at in this video. Related Videos of Mine: The Droom of the Rood - Anglo-Saxon Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8niohtns4w How the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings Used Money Differently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwIgZS0MnCo&t=157s The Lindybiege Video on The Last Kingdom Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCJUDdEirco My Oldest Video (A Response to the Above): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPpByJuSv4 Were the Vikings Meaner Than Other Medieval Peoples@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nn2zO3vJsA&t=2s Anglo-Saxon and Norse Paganism - The Same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1jPjOBhUFw Old English - The Langauge of the Anglo-Saxons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw6dIxg6PjE&t=1s Alfred the Great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-g1J5EKwQ&t=734s Wessex Before Alfred: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xg7hTwX5YE&t=128s Alfred the Great's Brothers and Sisters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn8Q0e8RZro&t=334s History of the Viking Age in England: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQM29ZUXvk&t=48s F