Alfred the Great was an Anglo-Saxon king (871–899) of Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed from 519 to 927 south of the river Thames in England...
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Alfred the Great is a 1969 British epic historical drama film which portrays Alfred the Great's struggle to defend the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from...
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The Statue of Alfred the Great is located in the centre of Winchester, England. It was commissioned in 1899 as part of the celebrations of the millennium...
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the establishment of Danish rule, Uhtred, a Saxon raised by the Danes, comes to the aid of the kingdom of Wessex and its ruler King Alfred with the hope...
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acquaintance of Uhtred Alfred the Great - King of Wessex Æthelflæd - Alfred's eldest daughter, Lady of the Mercians Erkenwald - bishop and Chaplin to Alfred Guthrum...
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bring about Alfred the Great's dream of uniting all English speakers in one realm over the course of a long life. The first ten novels in the series were...
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taken the position that the two figures of the text do represent symbolic depictions of people, institutions, and other forces. The question of date and...
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1066 and All That (redirect from 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates)
punctured the more bombastic claims of drum-and-trumpet history". Both the Tory view of a 'great man' history, and the liberal pieties of Whig history...
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The statue of Alfred the Great in Southwark is thought to be London's oldest outdoor statue. The lower portion comes from a Roman statue dating to the...
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and literature. Most depictions allude to the appearance and behavior of the wide-ranging common raven (Corvus corax). Because of its black plumage, croaking...
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