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Extract. It is an index perhaps of changing historiographical trends that the importance of Alfred's illnesses in the moulding of his outlook, both as a layman and as a king, now hardly needs to be emphasized. In the course of the 1990s, Alfred became gradually better understood as a man of the 890s. Yet Victorian sensibilities have died hard.
25 de feb. de 2016 · Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. London and New York: Longman, 1998. Upholds the traditional view of Alfred as warrior and as lover of wisdom while arguing for the importance of Asser’s Life. Discenza, Nicole Guenther, and Paul E. Szarmach, eds. A Companion to Alfred the Great.
These are some of the ways in which Alfred the Great was significant. Alfred saved England from being totally controlled by the Vikings, and began the process of re-claiming England for the Saxons. His dream of uniting England was finally achieved by his grandson, Aethelstan, in the 930s.
This is a teaching document that I wrote for my war in the Middle Ages class. It summarizes my thoughts about the Viking wars in England. As I am currently preparing a revised edition of my biography of Alfred the Great and am writing a short biography of Æthelred the Unready for Penguin, I welcome comments and criticisms.
21 de oct. de 2021 · Alfred himself drove the Danes out of London in 886 and re-established it as a port of trade. His children, Aethelflaed (in Mercia) and Edward the Elder (in Wessex), eventually drove the Viking armies out of all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Athelstan, Alfred’s grandson, became ‘King of All England’ in 926. ‘ This is the story not just of ...
26 de nov. de 2013 · Alfred the Great. : Richard Abels. Routledge, Nov 26, 2013 - History - 392 pages. This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), 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.
26 de oct. de 2021 · Alfred took over as king of Wessex in 871 (bypassing his nephew Aethelwold, son of the late king Aethelred) in the middle of a year of nine major battles between the West Saxons and Vikings, which the former were lucky to survive. Alfred was also tested in 878 when he was forced to retreat to the marshes of Athelney (Somerset), scene of some of ...
