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	Alfred the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alfred was born sometime between 847 and AD 849 at Wantage in Berkshire (alterations to county borders in 1974 mean that Wantage is now part of Oxfordshire), the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (Æþelwulf), most likely by his first wife, Osburh.
		The measures taken by Alfred to repress this uprising culminated in the taking of London in 885 or 886, and the treaty known as Alfred and Guthrum's peace, whereby the boundaries of the treaty of Wedmore (with which this is often mistaken) were materially modified to Alfred's gain.
		That Alfred sent alms to Irish as well as to European monasteries may be taken on Asser's authority; the visit of the three pilgrim "Scots" (i.e., Irish) to Alfred in 891 is undoubtedly authentic; the story that he himself in his childhood was sent to Ireland to be healed by St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Alfred (3629 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alfred the Great
		King of the West-Saxons, born Wantage, Berkshire, England 849; died 899.
		Alfred was the fifth son of Ethelwulf, or Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, and Osburh, his queen, of the royal house of the Jutes of Wight.
		Alfred made Wessex a rallying point for all the Saxons and by freeing the country of the invaders unwittingly unified England and prepared the way for the eventual supremacy of his successors.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01309d.htm (931 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alfred the Great, King of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One of the greatest kings to ever grace the throne of England, Alfred lived in a time of terrible trial for his country--and by the strong arm of the Lord, the God of Battles, he prevailed.
		In the year of grace 868, Alfred was married to a Mercian noblewoman named Ealhswith, and in 871 he became king of Wessex upon the death of his brother, Aethelred, in the aftermath of a tremendous battle with the marauding Danes at Ashdown.
		In an age typically scorned by Modernity as "the Dark Ages", King Alfred surrounded himself with competent, well-learned scholars, and "Through their teaching the king's outlook was very considerably broadened".
	www.societaschristiana.com /Encyclopedia/A/AlfredtheGreat.html (1569 words)

	King Alfred "the Great" of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred was also a man of learning and did much to establish a history and chronology of his time, and was responsible for starting (or reforming) the ASC, but that does not mean we have to trust everything that was written about him at the time.
		It is to this period that belong the legends of Alfred burning the cakes and disguising himself as a harper to spy in the camp of Guthrum.
		Siblings: King Athelbald of Wessex, King Athelbert of Kent, King Aethelred I of Wessex
	xpda.com /family/ind00384.htm (1251 words)

	Alfred the Great -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Alfred is famous for his defence of the kingdom against the Danes ((Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries) Vikings), becoming as a result the only English monarch to be awarded the (Descriptive word or phrase) epithet "the Great" by his people.
		Alfred had been on his way to relieve his son at Thorney when he heard that the Northumbrian and East Anglian Danes were besieging Exeter and an unnamed stronghold on the North (A county in southwestern England) Devon shore.
		Despite the irritation which Alfred must have felt in (Click link for more info and facts about 893) 893, when one division, which had 'completed their call-up (stemn)' gave up the siege of a Danish army even as Alfred was moving to relieve them, this system seems to have worked remarkably well on the whole.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_the_great.htm (3677 words)

	Alfred the Great
		Alfred is famous for his defence of the kingdom against the Danes (Vikings), and gained the epithet, "the Great", as a result.
		Alfred was born some time between 847 and 849 AD at Wantage in Berkshire (alterations to county borders in 1974 mean that Wantage is now part of Oxfordshire), the fourth son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex (or Aethelwulf), most likely by his first wife, Osburh.
		A legend tells how, while a fugitive in the marshes of Athelney near Bridgwater in Somerset, after the first Danish invasion, he was given shelter by a peasant woman who, ignorant of his identity, left him to watch some cakes she had left cooking on the fire.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_the_great.html (3059 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Alfred 'The Great'
		Born at Wantage, Berkshire, in 849, Alfred was the fifth son of Aethelwulf, king of the West Saxons.
		As King of Wessex at the age of 21, Alfred (reigned 871-99) was a strongminded but highly strung battle veteran at the head of remaining resistance to the Vikings in southern England.
		Alfred was patron of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (which was copied and supplemented up to 1154), a patriotic history of the English from the Wessex viewpoint designed to inspire its readers and celebrate Alfred and his monarchy.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page25.asp (1457 words)

	Alfred. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	The Life of King Alfred: Part 1
		King Alfred was the son of king Ethelwulf, who was the son of Egbert, who was the son of Elmund, was the son of Eafa, who was the son of Eoppa, who the son of Ingild.
		For king Ethelwald [son of king Ethelwulf] and Ealstan, bishop of the church of Sherborne, with Eanwulf, earl of the district of Somerton, are said to have made a conspiracy together, that king Ethelwulf, on his return from Rome, should never again be received into his kingdom.
		The king, hearing that, took pity upon them, and received such hostages as he chose; after which the pagans swore, moreover, that they would immediately leave the kingdom; and their king, Gothrun, promised to embrace Christianity, and receive baptism at king Alfred's hands.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/KingAlfred/part1.html (4531 words)

	King Alfred's Literacy Program
		Alfred believed that the affliction of the Vikings was the consequence of the general decay of English learning, church life, and morality, not the cause of it; hence, the Vikings were a punishment.
		Alfred also knew that a supply of texts in English could add t o a base of marginal literacy among laymen, as English had increasingly become the language of secular administrative documents through the ninth century, especially in wills and charters.
		Alfred may also have recognized other benefits of a literate administration: they would be able to read and carry out instructions given to them, and they would be able to refer to written laws i n matters relating to judicial principles and procedures.
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /~cpercy/courses/1001Guthrie.htm (1168 words)

	King Alfred the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the case of the king, the resources and tools with which to rule are that he have his land fully manned: he must have praying men, fighting men and working men.
		[Keynes & Lapidge, pp 132-33.] This is an interpolation by Alfred, not in Boethius.
		The treaty between Alfred and Guthrum, king of the Vikings of East Anglia.
	www.mirror.org /people/ken.roberts/king.alfred.html (907 words)

	British Historical Documents: Asser's Life of Alfred
		At the same time the said King Alfred, with a few of his nobles and some knights and men of his household, was in great distress leading an unquiet life in the woods and marshes of Somerset.
		He it was who for love and at the petition of Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, graciously released the colony of the Saxons residing in Rome from all tribute and toll.
		In the same year Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, after the burning of cities and the slaughter of peoples, honorably restored the city of London and made it habitable; and he intrusted its defense to Ethelred, ealdorman of the Mercians.
	www.britannia.com /history/docs/asser.html (1778 words)

	ALFRED THE GREAT: 849-901 AD
		Alfred was born around 849 AD in what is now Wantage (where there is now a statue of the great king).
		Alfred's father was Ethelwulf, his grandfather was Egbert, both important kings of Wessex.
		Alfred was not just a king of war and dominion, for he also sought to restore England to greatness in many other ways, including education.
	www.freewebs.com /matthewshistory/library/alfredthegreat_index.html (835 words)

	Earthwatch Teams Find King Alfred's Tomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Re-interred in 1110 at the new Hyde Abbey his third resting place King Alfred lay in peace for four centuries until Henry VIII's cohorts decommissioned the abbey and destroyed the church in 1539.
		At that time, lead tablets bearing the names of Alfred and his son Edward were discovered in tombs in front of the high altar.
		Alfred's tomb was no exception: According to the Prison Warden, Mr.
	www.earthwatch.org /pubaffairs/news/klingelhofer.html (234 words)

	Berkshire History: Biographies: King Alfred the Great (849-899)
		King Alfred was soon forced to give away more of his treasury in AD 875 and again two years later.
		Alfred was delighted and issued new coinage to celebrate his becoming King of all the English.
		Alfred's will shows he could be ruthless when the need arose, ensuring that his son, Edward, took the throne upon his death, rather than one of his elder cousins.
	www.berkshirehistory.com /bios/alfred.html (1185 words)

	King Alfred's Tower
		"Alfred's Tower is a monument to the genius of English landscape, many of whose loveliest haunts it commands, and to a man who certainly deserves to be remembered as among the great benefactors of the English scene."
		King Alfred's Tower is a folly: it is a building that arguably serves no purpose.
		The 'front' (south-east) face of the tower has the gothic-arched entrance door, a statue of King Alfred, and a stone panel bearing an inscription.
	www.alfredstower.info (696 words)

	The Alfred Jewel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This picture of the Alfred Jewel is reproduced by the kind permission of the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
		Another theory is that the jewel was a symbol of office, either of Alfred or of one of his officials.
		Alfred often gave gifts to his bishops and other officials, and the inscription "Alfred ordered me to be made" may adorn such a gift.
	www.mirror.org /people/ken.roberts/alfred.jewel.html (357 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Asser's Life of King Alfred
		At the same time the said King Alfred, with a few of his nobles and someknights and men of his household, was in great distress leading an unquiet lifein the woods and marshes of Somerset.
		Heit was who for love and at the petition of Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons,graciously released the colony of the Saxons residing in Rome from all tributeand toll.
		In the same year Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, after the burning of citiesand the slaughter of peoples, honorably restored the city of London and made ithabitable; and he intrusted its defense to Ethelred, ealdorman of the Mercians.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/asser.html (1835 words)

	King Alfred's Community & Sports College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King Alfred’s has a long and distinguished history as the secondary school for the people of this locality.
		Good relationships lie at the heart of the best education and our statement of Rights and Responsibilities makes clear our determination to ensure that, throughout their time at King Alfred’s, every student is happy, safe and successful.
		A specialist school selected by the government, King Alfred’s is placed at the cutting edge of educational developments.
	www.kingalfreds.oxon.sch.uk (304 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Youngest son of King Æthelwulf, Alfred became King of Wessex during a time of constant Viking attack.
		Alfred created a series of fortifications to surround his kingdom and provide needed security from invasion.
		The definitive contemporary work on Alfred's life is an unfinished account in Latin by Asser, a Welshman, bishop of Sherbourne and Alfred's counsellor.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon6.html (254 words)

	Encyclopedia: King Alfred the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		– 26 October 899) (sometimes spelt Ælfred) was king of England from 871 to 899, though at no time did he rule over the whole of the land.
		Alfred died on 26 October 899, though the year is uncertain — but not 900 or 901 as was previously accepted.
		(http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/sdk13/AlfJewel.html): the Minster Lovell Jewel, the Bowleaze Jewel and the Warminster Jewel, all found in the West Country, and some early 20th century replicas of the Alfred Jewel.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/King-Alfred-the-Great (3548 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Alfred: Warrior King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		King Alfred of Wessex is the only king in British history to have been honoured with the epithet of "Great", yet he is usually remembered for the story of the burnt cakes, his finer achievements are often forgotten.
		Anglo-Saxon hegemony was preserved, for a while, and Alfred survived to found an English monarchy which, under his son and grandson, saw most of modern England united under one crown.
		The author examines the scale and intent of the relentless threat of conquest by the Viking sea-raiders, the military and logistical problems that beset both sides and the strategies devised by the king which led to the reconquest of his Wessex homeland and the creation of England itself.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0750921056 (381 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Alfred the Great : Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources (Penguin Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The reign of King Alfred the Great (871-99) is among the most stirring periods of English history.
		The author of this book (Asser) was a contemporary of King Alfred's and was brought to Wessex (Alfred's kingdom) in the ninth century as part of Alfred's plan to improve education and culture in Anglo-Saxon England.
		The text is highly readable and gives students an eyewitness account of Alfred's kingship: military successes and failures (esp. fighting the Vikings), advancement of English culture and education, consolidation of the seven kingdoms, and cultivation of Christian kingship in the Early Middle Ages.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140444092?v=glance (932 words)

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