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	Alfred the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alfred is famous for his defence of the kingdom against the Danes (Vikings), becoming as a result the only English monarch to be awarded the epithet "the Great" by his people.
		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.
		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/Alfred_the_Great (3628 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.
		king of England, was the eldest son of Edward the Elder, on whose death in 925 he succeeded to the throne.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/kinga.html (594 words)

	Encyclopedia: Alfred the Great, King of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Alfred the Great: 871-899
		King Alfred the Great reigned in England from 871-899.
		This great leadership was shown most through his resistance to the Danes (Vikings) as they invaded the northwest portion of England trying to conquer the Anglo-Saxons in the 800's.
		King Alfred the Great died on October 26, 899 and was buried in the Old Minster at Winchester.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/WestEurope/AlfredGreat.html (674 words)

	Alfred. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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 the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		King Alfred the Great is one of the most famous of English Kings.
		King Alfred was the youngest son of King Aethelwulf.
		Alfred helped win the Battle of Ashdown but was soon himself beaten in battle and forced to pay the Vikings money to go away.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /radstock/activities/saxons/kingalfred.htm (188 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)

	Royalty.nu - Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons
		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.
		Great Kings of England: King Alfred the Great is a documentary.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Alfred.html (797 words)

	BBC - History - King Alfred (849 - 899)
		Known as King Alfred (Aelfred) the Great, or King of Wessex, he became ruler of the West Saxons after he and his brother defeated the Danes in the Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire - the later death of his brother Ethelred left Alfred as successor in 871.
		Alfred understood the value of diplomacy and formed amicable relations with Mercia and Wales; Welsh rulers sought his support and even provided troops for his army in 893.
		Alfred is still considered quintessential as a ruler of the Middle Ages.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/alfred_king.shtml (473 words)

	Alfred the Great and Anglo-Saxon England
		The Danelaw, victory at Eddington and Wedmore, and the legacy of Alfred the Great.
		At first the fight went badly for Alfred; some of his allies found it more expedient to cooperate with the Danes, and in 877 he was pushed back to a small corner of the marshes around Athelney, in Somerset.
		He was one of the first kings who seems to have looked beyond his own personal glory to a vision of the future well-being of the nation he ruled.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/Alfred_the_Great.htm (646 words)

	King Alfred "the Great" of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	King Alfred the Great 849AD - 899AD - VillageNet History
		King Alfred the Great was born in 849 at Wantage in Berkshire, youngest of five sons and one daughter of King Aethelwulf.
		Alfred was asked to look after the bread, but the bread started to burn, Alfred was concentrating on making the arrows, or probably planning what to do next and the bread burnt.
		On the 26 October 899 at the age of 50 Alfred died, and was buried in the Old Minster at Winchester ending an age of Saxon precedence.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /history/0849-alfredthegreat.html (736 words)

	ALFRED THE GREAT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ALFRED THE GREAT (C. English king born at Wrantage, Berks, the youngest son of Ethelwulf, King of the West Saxons, he gained a brilliant victory over the Danes at Ashdown in 871, and succeeded his brother Ethelred after a series of defeats later in the same year.
		Alfred was forced to retire to the stronghold of Athelney whence he finally emerged to win the victory of Edington, Wilts.
		In the peace that followed, Alfred extended and consolidated the shire system of local government, and supervised finance, the administrative of justice, and the codification of the law.
	pages.zdnet.com /thekingalfred/id7.html (240 words)

	King Alfred the Great: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		When Alfred came to power in the south of England at age 23, his grandfather, father, and four of his brothers had all been kings before him, and Anglo-Saxon society was facing its greatest challenge in the growing incursions of the Vikings and the seemingly invincible progress of the Great Army of Danes.
		Alfred not only turned the tide of war, so that his sons and grandsons could eventually unite the whole of England under one king, but he was also a scholar whose writings and translations constitute a treasury of Old English prose.
		Alfred's life is thoroughly examined to reveal a man of great physical stamina who had been a scholar all his life and who used his intellectual abilities, military prowess and administrative skills to change the course of English history prior to the Norman Conquest.
	www.mobilewebsystems.us /stuff-0198229895.html (1172 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)

	Call from Athelney :: Life of Alfred the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Alfred the Great and the Burhs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		King Alfred the great introduced a National Defence system by the formation of 'Burhs' or 'Burghs' the meaning of which meant "fortress" or castle.
		Alfred's son Edward the Elder continued the policy of building 'Burhs' and these followed the path of the old Roman Watling Road and reached as far as the kingdom of Mercia.
		The last Anglo-Saxon King of England was Harold Godwinson - King Harold II who was defeated by the Normans at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
	www.castles.me.uk /alfred-great-burgh-castles.htm (1082 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)

	Medieval Sourcebook: The Anglo-Saxon Dooms, 560-975
		The Laws of Æthelberht, King of Kent 560-616 A.D. The Laws of Kings Hlothhære and Eadric 673-686 A.D. The Laws of King Wihtræd 690-725 A.D. The Laws of King Alfred 871-901 A.D. The Laws of King Edward the Elder, 901-924 A.D. The Laws of Alfred, Guthrum, and Edward the Elder
		King Edward exhorted his witan when they were at Exeter, that they should all search out how their frith might be better than it had previously been: for it seemed to him that it was more indifferently observed than it should be, what he had formerly commanded.
		And this is the ordinance also which King Alfred and King Guthrum, and afterwards King Edward and King Guthrum, chose and ordained, when the English and Danes fully took to peace and to friendship; and the witan also, who were afterwards, oft and unseldom that same renewed and increased with good.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/560-975dooms.html (10175 words)

	King Alfred the Great
		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 /ken.roberts/king.alfred.html (907 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.
		And Alfred received himas son by adoption, raising him from the sacred font of baptism; and hischrism-loosing on the eighth day was in the royal vill called Wedmore.
		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.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/asser.html (1835 words)

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	King Canute the Great
		When they didn't, he had made his point that, though the deeds of kings might appear 'great' in the minds of men, they were as nothing in the face of God's power.
		This was almost a repeat of what had happened between King Alfred the Great of Wessex and the Vikings in the ninth century.
		He was perhaps the first king to successfully rule over a truly united realm of England, free from internal and external strife and unrest.
	www.viking.no /e/people/e-knud.htm (1099 words)

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