Timeline for King Alfred the GreatYearEvent 871 Alfred becomes King of Wessex following the death of his brother Aethelred 872 London falls to Viking raiders 875 After persistent attacks by Vikings the monks of Lindesfarne travel through Northumbria and Galloway with the Lindesfarne Gospels. 878 ...
King Alfred KingAlfredtheGreat849-899 KingAlfredofWessexistheonlyKingtobegiventhetitleof"TheGreat".Thisstatueofhimstandsinhiscapital,Winchester.KingAlfredsuccessfullydefendedhisKingdom,whichwastobecomeEnglandafterhisdeath,againsttheDanishVikings,andchampionededucation,andtheruleofLaw AlfredtheGreat(849–26October...
Finally, we have Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who was writing during the Victorian era in the 1800s; and it was his idols of the king which revived interest in the Arthurian legend and became the main influence for Arthurian stories from around 1850 onwards.最后是阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生勋爵，他在 19 ...
There is a growing blog associated with the book, which can be visitedhere. In this book, Dr Kelly invites the reader to travel with him on a journey from the birth of King Alfred, passing through his life and battles, and arriving at his death and the mysteries surrounding his final re...
Stretching from King Alfred the Great in the 9th century to Elizabeth II in the 21st, the English people have seen more than their fair share of heroes and villains, wise kings and despotic tyrants. Through their historical and political evolution, the British have developed, and championed, ...
While the people of the two nations have different thoughts of one another, I should mention that the tomb of Queen Esther, the wife of Persian King Ahasuerus (commonly identified as Xerxes the Great), has been preserved in the Iranian city of Hamadan since her death in 465 B.C. Pompeo...
Who was king before Alfred the Great? Alfred the Great: Alfred the Great was the King of Wessex from 871 until 886 and became the King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886 until he died in 899. Alfred was known to be a wise king that supported education just as much as warfare. ...
After Æthelred’s death, Emma marriedCnut the Great, King of England, Denmark, and Norwayand their sonHarthacnutwas King of England and Denmark. Emma and her sons Edward and Alfred being received by her brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy ...
the historical drama follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg (Alexander Dreymon), a man born to the Saxons and raised by the Danes, who must decide between his ancestral home and his family of origin. Uhtred's story pushes history toward the unification of England under King Alfred the Great (David ...
King Edward the Elder’s Early Life Edward was lucky enough to survive the infancy and was a second such child of King Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. His exact birth date is unknown, but, according to an estimate he was born somewhere between 874 and 877. ...