Yes, a few historians have given the King some slack, arguing that some of the Danish settlers were up to no-good and that they had to be dealt with but indiscriminate slaughter has always had a creepy ring to it. Wouldn't you say?
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
On Aethelred the Unready (Circa, November of 1002), Anglo-Saxon King of England, Ordering the Massacre of Scores of Danish Settlers, Believing that it Would Deter the Vikings from Any Future Attacks
Needless to say, it didn't work in that the raids actually increased in both ferocity and frequency (apparently irking some of the most ruthless fighters in the known world wasn't the best of strategies).
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