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Jul 29, 2013 · Alfred the Great (871-899) and Eadred (946-955) are the only Anglo-Saxon kings whose wills have survived to the present day, both of which are found in the same manuscript, British Library Add MS 82931, known as the Liber de Hyda and a recent upload to our Digitised Manuscripts site. Opening...
It is for his valiant defence of his kingdom against a stronger enemy, for securing peace with the Vikings and for his farsighted reforms in the reconstruction of Wessex and beyond, that Alfred - alone of all the English kings and queens - is known as 'the Great'.
Jul 16, 2017 · 248 – The Death of Alfred the Great. July 16, 2017 By Jamie. 00:00. 00:00. Podcast: Play in new window | Download. By 897, everything Alfred had known…. changed. He was barely in his 20s when he took the throne and he hadn’t had a chance to stop for a breath for the decades that followed.
Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Nov 29, 2023 · Publisher: Amsterdam University Press. Print publication year: 2023.
Jul 27, 2016 · Alfred (b. 848/849–d. 899), King of Wessex, styled himself King of the Anglo-Saxons before his death. He was the youngest of at least six children, five of them sons, born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex; his mother was Osburh.
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Sep 30, 2013 · 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.
