Athelstanus (rex Anglorum)

**Athelstanus** sive **Ethelstanus** (Anglosaxonice *Æðelstān*; natus anno 895; mortuus die 27 Octobris 939) fuit rex Anglorum ab anno 924.

[thumb|[Denarius Athelstani]]
Athelstanus fuit filius maior natu regis Eduardi. Die 2 Augusti 924, patre mortuo, nominatus est rex Merciae. Eo tempore frater eius Elfwerdus fit rex Occidentalium Saxonum sed mortuus est eodem anno. Athelstanus fit rex omnium Anglorum et Saxonum die 4 Septembris 925. Titulum "regis totius Britanniae" (Anglosaxonice *Brytenwalda*) paulo postea sibi vindicavit.

[thumb|Rex Athelstanus librum [Cuthbertus Lindisfarnensis|Cuthberto dedit: MS CCCC 183 fol. 1v]]
Athelstanus fraterque suus Edmundus pugnaverunt maximo cum successu apud Brunanbyri (Anglosaxonice Brunanburh) anno 937 contra tres reges, nominatim Anlaf III (rex Eblanae), Constantinus II (rex Scotiae), Eugenius (rex Cumbrorum). Athelstanus mortuus est sine prole die 27 Octobris 939; Edmundus fit rex.

## Fontes 
* *Chronica Anglosaxonum* (hic, sub anno 937, invenimus carmen Anglosaxonicum *Proelium apud Brunanbyri*)
* Ethelwerdi *Chronica*
* Guillelmi Malmesburiensis *De gestis regum Anglorum* (auctor usus est, ut videtur, fonte hodie deperdito *Vita Athelstani* dicto)
* Henrici Huntindoniensis *Historia Anglorum*
* Flodoardi *Annales*

## Notae 
## Bibliographia 
* Eric E. Barker, "Two lost documents of King Athelstan" in *Anglo-Saxon England* vol. 6 (1977) pp. 137-143 
* Murray L. R. Beaven, "The Regnal Dates of Alfred, Edward the Elder, and Athelstan" in *English Historical Review* vol. 32 (1917) pp. 517-531
* Matthew Firth, "Constructing a King: William of Malmesbury and the Life of Æthelstan" IN *Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association* Vol. 13 (2017) pp. 69-92
* Sarah Foot, *Æthelstan: The First King of England*. Novo Portu: Yale University Press, 2011 
* Torben R. Gebhardt, "From Bretwalda to Basileus: Imperial Concepts in Late Anglo-Saxon England?" in Christian Scholl, Torben R. Gebhardt, Jan Clauß, edd., *Transcultural Approaches to the Concept of Imperial Rule in the Middle Ages* (Francofurti: Peter Lang, 2017)
* Kent G. Hare, "Athelstan of England: Christian King and Hero" in *The Heroic Age* no. 7 (2004)
* Laura Hibbard Loomis, "The Holy Relics of Charlemagne and King Athelstan: The Lances of Longinus and St. Mauricius" in *Speculum* vol. 25 (1950) pp. 437-456
* Laura Hibbard Loomis, "The Athelstan Gift Story: Its Influence on English Chronicles and Carolingian Romances" in *PMLA* vol. 67 (1952) pp. 521-537
* Edwin Pace, "Athelstan, ‘Twist-Beard,’ and Arthur: Tenth-Century Breton Origins for the Historia Regum Britanniae" in *Arthuriana* vol. 26 (2016) no. 4
* R. L. Reynolds, "An Echo of *Beowulf* in Athelstan's Charters of 931-933 A.D.?" in *Medium Ævum* vol. 24 (1955) pp. 101-103
* W. H. Stevenson, "A Latin Poem Addressed to King Athelstan" in *English Historical Review* vol. 26 (1911) pp. 482-487

; Numismatica
* C. E. Blunt, "The Coinage of Athelstan, King of England 924-939" in *British Numismatic Journal* vol. 42 (1974) pp. 35-158 index
* Rory Naismith, Francesca Tinti, "The Forum Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Coins = Il ripostiglio dell'Atrium Vestae nel Foro Romano" in *Bollettino di numismatica* no. 55/56 (2011)
* Ian Stewart, "English Coinage from Athelstan to Edgar" in *Numismatic Chronicle* vol. 148 (1988) pp. 192-214 

* Adeluoldus

## Nexus externi 
Categoria:Reges Reginaeque Britanniae
Categoria:Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum
Categoria:Nati 895
Categoria:Mortui 939