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A great story, beautifully told. Very few King's earn the appellation 'Great'. Alfred is the only English King honoured with this name and is credited with various successes the foundation of a navy, English education system and religious revival.

His memory looms large in the English Imagination. The medieval 'Life' of King Alfred of Wessex. This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons , combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord,.

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Alfred the Great by Richard Abels. King Alfred the Great. This volume includes papers given at both events and provides substantial assessments, by leading scholars, of. The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great. In the spring of at the Battle of Edington the tide of English history turned. Alfred's decisive defeat of Guthrum the Dane freed much of the south and west of England from Danish control and brought to a halt Guthrum's assault on Alfred's Wessex. The battle was the culmination.

In an era darkened by the terror of Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beacon of light. A great story, beautifully told. A history of King Alfred the Great, which examines the myths and legends that have surrounded the philosopher-king since the 12th century, whose learning and piety were probably even more remarkable than his heroic stature and military acumen.

Saxons vs. A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings.