muchastheMerciansweretodointhefollowingyear.HoardsdatingtotheVikingoccupationofLondonin871/2havebeenexcavatedatCroydon（克罗伊登，英格兰东南部城市,）Gravesend,andWaterloo（滑铁卢）Bridge.Thesefindshintat（暗示）thecostinvolvedinmakingpeacewiththeVikings.Forthenextfiveyears,theDanesoccupiedotherpartsofEngland ...
A recent BBC television series, based on Bernard Cornwall's novels about Alfred the Great and the Vikings, has prompted me to upload this booklet. It is based on research undertaken with the late John Peddie, a military historian. We were interested in the controversy over the site of the ...
With all the other kingdoms having fallen to the Vikings, Wessex alone was still resisting. In his later years, he contracted a terrible disease,and nobody knew what it was. No medicine can be effective.until the age of 53, he died ,after he ruled England for 30 years .He died in ...
Noun1.Alfred the Great- king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899) Alfred Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to thi...
May.ThedefeatatWiltonsmashedanyremaining hopethatAlfredcoulddrivetheinvadersfrom hiskingdom.Hewasforcedinsteadtomake peacewiththem,accordingtosourcesthatdo nottellwhatthetermsofthepeacewere. BishopAsserclaimedthatthe'pagans'agreed tovacatetherealmandmadegoodtheir ...
KingatwarEarlystruggles,defeatandflightCounterattackandvictoryFurtherVikingattacksrepelled Earlystruggles,defeatandflight 早期的斗争、失败和流亡 AlfredtheGreatplotsthecaptureoftheDanishfleet.Whilehewasbusywiththeburialceremoniesforhisbrother,theDanes丹麦人defeatedtheEnglishinhisabsenceatanunnamedspot,andthenagaininhis...
There can be no doubt that Alfred’s reign was significant, both for the direction of the country’s development and for the fortunes of his descendants. After the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia had fallen to the Vikings, Wessex under Alfred was the only surviving Anglo-Saxon...
You should command the warriors of Saxon AlfredYou have to face the bullyTo face the fierce looking of VikingsMarauders of Baltic seaConquered your landKilled your tribesInsult your womenBlond Denmark kingWas caressing the white body of your ladyAlfredYou would brush your disgraceWould defeat the ...
muchastheMerciansweretodointhefollowingyear.HoardsdatingtotheVikingoccupationofLondonin871/2havebeenexcavatedatCroydon（克罗伊登，英格兰东南部城市,）Gravesend,andWaterloo（滑铁卢）Bridge.Thesefindshintat（暗示）thecostinvolvedinmakingpeacewiththeVikings.Forthenextfiveyears,theDanesoccupiedotherpartsofEngland ...
AlfredtheGreat阿尔弗雷德大帝 AlfredsuccessfullydefendedhiskingdomagainsttheVikingat(北欧海盗）temptatconquest,andby thetimeofhisdeathhadbecomethedominantruler inEngland.HeistheonlyEnglishmonarch（君主）tobeaccordedtheepithet"theGreat"（大帝）.AlfredwasthefirstKingoftheWestSaxons（英格兰西撒克逊王国）tostyle...