Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
CHAPTER VII.
ETHELRED THE UNREADY.
The Retirement of Dunstan--Character of Ethelred--Sweyn in Denmark--Character of the Invasions and the Resistance--The Danegeld--The Arrival of Sweyn--Ethelred's Expedition--The Massacre of St. Brice's Day--Return of Sweyn--Defeats of the English--Edric Streona--Failure of the English Fleet--Treacheries of Edric--Death of St. Alphege--Sweyn's Conquest of England and his Death--Return of Ethelred and Departure of Canute--Misgovernment of the King--Canute's Return and the Death of Ethelred 57