had established themselves throughout the land from Northumbria through Mercia with increasing incursions into Wessex. Alfred defeated the Viking leader Guthrum (died c. 890 CE) at the Battle of Eddington in 878 CE, after which he was able to deliver terms including the Christianization of Guthru...
The article discusses the search for the grave of King Alfred the Great. Alfred died in 899 and was buried together with his wife and son in the Old Minster in Winchester. The remains were removed and transferred to the New Minster and then, in 1110, were transferred to an abbey in the...
Inhislateryears,hecontractedaterribledisease,andnobodyknewwhatitwas.Nomedicinecanbeeffective.untiltheageof53,hedied,afterheruledEnglandfor30years.Hediedin901,theexactdateisnotknown,andcauseofdeathisstillamystery.In1539,hisgravewasrediscovered,becauseprisonsareplantedtobuildthere,hiscoffinsufferedthedevastating(...
atanunnamedspot, andthenagaininhispresenceatWiltonin May.ThedefeatatWiltonsmashedanyremaining hopethatAlfredcoulddrivetheinvadersfrom hiskingdom.Hewasforcedinsteadtomake peacewiththem,accordingtosourcesthatdo nottellwhatthetermsofthepeacewere. BishopAsserclaimedthatthe'pagans'agreed tovacatetherealmandmadegood...
•Qin:BuildingtheGreatWalltofightagainstenemies.•Alfred:Brotherdied,Alfredwastheking.HeseldomsawthehopewhichcandriveawaytheDanish.Hewasforcedinsteadtomakepeacewiththem.Afterthat,victoryanddefeatedalwayshappenedinwarperiod.•Alegend,originatingfrom12thcenturychronicles,tellshowwhenhefirstfledtotheSomersetLevels,...
Alfred, known as Alfred the Great , (born 849—died 899), King of Wessex (871–99) in southwestern England.
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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 ...
【题目】语法填空AlfredNobel, the great Swedish (1)(invent),was bornin Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia withhis parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, (2)___ (make) astrong position forhimself in the engineering industry. ImmanuelNobel invented landmine and made a...
there were even greater celebrations to commemorate the millenary of that of Alfred. Problems with the calculation of Anglo-Saxon dates meant it was widely believed then that Alfred had died in 901, rather than 899, which is now recognised as the true date of his death, but at the time it...