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	Alfred the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alfred was born sometime between 847 and 849 at Wantage in the present-day ceremonial county of Oxfordshire (though historically speaking in the traditional county of Berkshire).
		Alfred succeeded to the throne of Wessex and the burden of its defence.
		Alfred substantially upgraded the state of the defences of Wessex, by erecting fortified burhs (or boroughs) throughout the kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_the_Great (3889 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Alfred's few months in the marshes are the most famous part of his life -- legend-makers could not resist the image of the fugitive king who was nevertheless destined to win in the end.
		Alfred posed in the treaty of 886 as the chief representative of all the native English -- he acted with "the councillors of all the English race," and was looking out for native interests in dealing with the Danes.
		Alfred's network of burhs made his successors the lords of all the most important towns in the kingdom, to their great financial and political benefit.
	www.the-orb.net /textbooks/muhlberger/alfred.html (1974 words)

	Alfred. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Alfred captured (886) London and concluded another treaty with Guthrum that marked off the Danelaw E and N of the Thames, Lea, and Ouse rivers, and Watling Street, leaving the south and west of England to Alfred.
		Alfred’s greatest achievements, however, were the revival of learning and the establishment of Old English literary prose.
		Alfred liberally interpolated his own thoughts into his writings, and the Orosius is particularly interesting for the addition of accounts of voyages made by the Norse explorers Ohthere and Wulfstan.
	www.bartleby.com /65/al/Alfred.html (876 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Aethelflaed, Alfred's daughter and the wife of the Mercian ealdorman, turned out to be as important as Edward.
		Aethelwold was the son of Alfred's brother and predecessor Aethelred.
		With the victories of Edward the Elder, we are very close to the foundation of a united Kingdom of England under the dynasty of Wessex.
	www.the-orb.net /textbooks/muhlberger/post_alfred.html (2108 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| British Heritage \| Alfred the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		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.
		Alfred, when he became King of the West Saxons, was monarch of Wessex, a wedge of southern England between the Thames Valley and the English Channel.
		Alfred's love of hunting was renowned and his skill as a warrior is testified in his successes against the Danes.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/british_heritage/3026896.html (1401 words)

	GENUKI: Kings of England - A
		king of England, was the youngest son of Ethelwolf, king of the West Saxons, and was born at Wantage, Berks, in 849.
		Alfred is said to have disguised himself as a harper, entered the Danish camp, and gained a knowledge of the state of the enemy.
		To crown his great public character, Alfred is described as one of the most amiable men in private life; of a temper serene and cheerful, affable, kind, and not averse to society, or to innocent recreation ; he was also personally well-favoured, possessing a handsome and vigorous form, and a dignified and engaging aspect.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/kinga.html (594 words)

	The Isle of Influence - England
		Alfred managed to capture the city of London from the Danes, but the final conquest of the Danes was only completed by his grandson in 991.
		The history of England from the time of the Norman invasion till the final union with Scotland in 1707, which created the "United Kingdom", was one of gradual technological and cultural development, combined with a series of foreign and domestic wars, with the only major population shifts being between the mainland of France and England.
		In 1707, England and Scotland were finally formally united by an Act of Union: this was done to prevent the possibility of a Scottish Catholic ever becoming king or queen, with preference being given to the closest Protestant family members: who were in Germany.
	www.white-history.com /hwr28ii.htm (4108 words)

	England, A History of; ALFRED THE GREAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alfred was by temperament a scholar, and his health was never robust.
		Alfred was 23 when Ethelred died, but he had already won the confidence of the army and was at once acclaimed king in 871.
		Alfred was much more than the defender of his country.
	www.history-world.org /alfred_the_great.htm (503 words)

	100 Years Carnegie: Alfred the Great
		Alfred and his brother defended their nation against the Danes, defeating them in a major battle at the Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire.
		Alfred's skillful military leadership and strengthening of both land and naval power ensured that the Danes could make no further advances into England.
		Alfred is still held to be one of the greatest of the medieval kings.
	www.departments.bucknell.edu /History/Carnegie/alfred/index.html (366 words)

	Alfred the Great
		Alfred built a navy of warships to defend the south coast against further Danish invasions (885-886, 892-896) and protected Wessex with a chain of fortifications.
		Alfred was taken to visit the Pope in Rome twice, and learned to read and write in his teens.
		Alfred was supposed to have also disguised himself as a harpist to get into Gorm's camp to discover the Danes' plans.
	geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/7834/alfredthegreat.html (1542 words)

	King of England Alfred the Great
		Alfred acceeded to the throne of Wessex upon the death of his brother Aethelred in 871.
		The greatest of these, and the only one in all English history to be called The Great, was Alfred, who, with his successors, kept the Vikings at bay, consolidated the supremacy of the Wessex kings over the whole of England, and improved the administration of the country.
		After routing the Great Army of the Vikings in 878, Alfred signed the Treaty of Wedmore with its leader Guthrum, dividing England along a line running roughly north-west from London to Chester; Alfred ruled to the south of this line and was recognized as overlord of the area to the north, known as the Danelaw.
	worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I04388@ (676 words)

	Alfred University : Community
		Downtown Alfred, NY The Village of Alfred is the quintessential, quaint, historic college town.
		Alfred’s early terra cotta clay companies produced the roofing tile still found on many homes and barns, and inspired generations of ceramic artists and engineers at Alfred University.
		Alfred’s people are known for their hospitality as well as their dedication to their community.
	www.alfred.edu /community (191 words)

	Call from Athelney :: Life of Alfred the Great
		Alfred was born in 849 in the now small town of Wantage, a few miles to the south of the Thames, in central southern England.
		Alfred was the youngest of five children, four sons and one daughter, of Ethelwulf, King of Wessex and his wife Osburh.
		Alfred therefore struck at the heart of the problem and instituted a rebirth of religion and learning, which was to be enshrined in the revival of monasticism, culture and the law.
	www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk /athlifea.htm (13101 words)

	Maine Local Government - Town of Alfred - Main Page
		John Holmes, who arrived in 1799, was a young lawyer specializing in real estate law, a skill in great demand in the poorly defined properties of the area.
		Alfred set off land to Sanford on February 23, 1828 and annexed land from Waterborough (now Waterboro) on July 22, 1847.
		Originally, the area was known to the Native Americans as Massabesic and was acquired from Chief Fluellin in 1661 by Major William Phipps.
	www.maine.gov /local/york/alfred (200 words)

	Royalty.nu - Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alfred died on October 26, 899 and was succeeded by his son Edward the Elder.
		Alfred's daughter Elfreda was an ancestor of William the Conqueror's wife, Matilda of Flanders.
		King Alfred the Great by Alfred P. Smyth is a scholarly examination of King Alfred's life and his place in history.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Alfred.html (867 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of King Alfred of England, by Jacob Abbott. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alfred, like Washington, was distinguished for a very extraordinary combination of qualities which exhibited itself in his character, viz., the combination of great military energy and skill on the one hand, with a very high degree, on the other, of moral and religious principle, and conscientious devotion to the obligations of duty.
		Alfred was a favorite, and, as such, was always very much indulged; but there was a certain conscientiousness and gentleness of spirit which marked his character even in these early years, and seemed to defend him from the injurious influences which indulgence and extreme attention and care often produce.
		Alfred, on [page 122] the other hand, full of impetuosity and ardor, was arousing his men, animating them by his words of encouragement and by the influence of his example, and making, as energetically as possible, all the preparations necessary for the approaching conflict.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/6/5/4/16545/16545-h/16545-h.htm (16911 words)

	Alfred 'The Great', England (0848 - 26 Oct 0901)
		Alfred 'The Great', King Of England was king of the West Saxons in England.
		A legend tells how Alfred took shelter in the house of a peasant woman while he was fleeing in disguise from the Danes.
		Alfred built forts at strategic points and stationed a fleet of ships along the coast to protect his kingdom and guard against invasion.
	www.smokykin.com /ged/f002/f53/a0025306.htm (440 words)

	Alfred the Great, King of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alfred defended the city and defeated the Danes.
		This is how the island of Britain was then divided: England was divided into two subkingdoms, Wessex (including all of the south of the Island, including Kent et al.) and West Mercia.
		The Welsh princes held all of Wales, including those principalities of Powys, Gwynedd, Gwent, Morgannwg, Dfyed, etc. The Danelaw was divided into the Kingdom of York in the north, Danish Mercia in the middle, and East Anglia in the south east.
	www.ghg.net /shetler/oldimp/393.html (511 words)

	Martyr Prince Alfred
		The holy Martyr-Prince Alfred was the son of King Ethelred “the Unready” of England, and brother of the future king and saint, Edward the Confessor.
		On the death of Canute, however, in 1035, the princes’ mother, Queen Emma, judged that the political situation had changed in England, and invited her sons to join her at Winchester.
		As Alfred and his men approached the town of Guildford, thirty miles south-west of London, they were met by the powerful Earl Godwin of Wessex, who professed loyalty to the young prince and procured lodgings for him and his men in the town.
	uk.geocities.com /guildfordian2002/AngloSaxon/PrinceAlfred.htm (943 words)

	Call from Athelney :: In Praise Of The Great Alfred
		For example, it is impossible to know of the history of the First England, the England of the first millennium, without knowing of the spirit of holiness in the lives of her saints.
		Logically, even the idea of England should have disappeared in the ninth century, swallowed up by heathen chieftains and divided into tribal territories, her story just a fleeting moment in the flood-tide of human history.
		The resistance to paganism came from royal Athelney, a tiny, flood-girt isle in the south-west of England, and was led by one man, Alfred.
	www.orthodoxengland.btinternet.co.uk /athip.htm (687 words)

	Collectible and Antique China, English on CYBERATTIC.
		This is a lovely floral ironstone teacup and saucer in the Charlotte design by Clarice Cliff for Royal Staffordshire, Staffordshire England before her Bizarre period.
		This is a wonderful set of a cup and saucer by Shelley china, England in the Windsor shape and the Anemone pattern #14006 with gold trim.
		This is a lovely Paragon China of England bone china tea cup and saucer with pale blue bands on white with heavy gold decoration with the shield and provincial flags of Canada.
	www.cyberattic.com /directory/China:English900.html (1297 words)

	Alfred Waterhouse - Great Buildings Online
		Museum of Natural History, at London, England, 1860 to 1880.
		"Alfred Waterhouse's Terracotta Menagerie", by Colin Cunningham, ArchitectureWeek No. 161, 2003.0903, pC1.1.
		We appreciate your suggestions for links about Alfred Waterhouse.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Alfred_Waterhouse.html (94 words)

	Meakin Alfred
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	www.uaol.org /4-Alfred-Meakin-FRIENDSHIP-OF-SALEM-Dinner-Plates,i7308894627,c2808,ur.html (220 words)

	England, A History of; England Under The Good Saxon, Alfred (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		England, A History of; England Under The Good Saxon, Alfred
		Alfred the Great was a young man three-and-twenty years of age when he
		England; and so the seven kingdoms were united into one.
	www.history-world.org /england_under_alfred.htm (2107 words)

	Alfred Meakin Staffordshire England Cup/ Saucer Fair Winds Blue - RL-451 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Alfred Meakin Staffordshire England Fair Winds Cup/ Saucer Blue and White.
		Around the rim of the saucer are historical vignettes picturing the U.S. Pluribus Unum seal and New York Harbor 1830.
		They are marked The cup is marked with an imprinted ‘England’.
	www.rubylane.com /shops/cozycottage/item/RL-451 (162 words)

	A Child's History of England, by Charles Dickens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD HAREFOOT, HARDICANUTE, AND EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
		ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD THE SECOND, AND CONQUERED BY THE NORMANS
		ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE EIGHTH, CALLED BLUFF KING HAL AND BURLY KING HARRY
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /d/dickens/charles/d54ch (110 words)

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	Great Kings of England: King Alfred the Great
		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Great Kings of England: King Alfred the Great to receive a rating.
		A look at the life of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex in the Middle Ages, who turned away Viking invasions and helped to unify England into one nation.
		Tony Jaa brings his fists and feet of fury to bear in "The Protector," his followup to "Ong Bak." Read more here.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/great_kings_of_england_king_alfred_the_great (343 words)

	Abbott, Jacob: Alfred the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		History of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry VI of England
		King Alfred of England is one of the noblest of the sovereigns upon whom History has conferred the title of The Great.
		Contents: The Britons; The Anglo-Saxons; The Danes; Alfred's Early Years; State of England; Alfred's Accession to the Throne; Reverses; The Seclusion; Reassembling of the Army; The Victory over the Danes; Character of Alfred's Reign; The Close of Life; and Sequel.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /bookpage.asp?prod_cd=ITHJM (225 words)

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