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Alfred, the Great; (871-900 AD) ... Youngest son of King Æthelwulf, Alfred became King of Wessex during a time of constant Viking attack. He was driven into hiding by a Viking raid into Wessex, led by the Dane, Guthorm, and took refuge in the Athelney marshes in Somerset.
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King of the West Saxons (849-899) ... BOWKER, Editor, Alfred the Great (London, 1899); PLUMMER, Life of Alfred the Great (London, 1902); SCHMID, Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen, 2d ed. (1858). Contemporary authorities are the Life of Alfred by ASSER and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
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King Alfred the Great has been described as the greatest Englishman who ever lived. This page presents some information about the reign and times of King Alfred the Great. ... King Alfred the Great (849, ruled 871-899) was one of the best kings ever to rule mankind. He defended Anglo-Saxon England from Viking...
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This particular variant chronicles the events Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, experienced during the Viking invasions of the ninth century. ... And in thesame year the good Pope Marinus died, who freed the Angle race's school, at theprayer of Alfred, king of the West Saxons; and he sent him great gifts, andpart of the rood...
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Alfred, England's darling for more than a thousand years, had 'The Great' bestowed upon him in medieval times by an English nation proud of their ancestor. ... Dear Mr Whack, learn to conduct your English conversations properly in future! Alfred the great is owed a debt by all Engerlanders!
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& Trans.): "Alfred the Great" (Penguin Classics, London, 1983). Includes translations of Asser's "Life of King Alfred", excerpts from the writings of King Alfred, and a number of miscellaneous original sources on the riegn of King Alfred.
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Story of the life of Alfred the Great, how at twenty-two he inherited a land overrun by savage pirates,—a restless, ignorant, defenseless land, and how he fought the Danes and restored the country to a condition of peace and safety.
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