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Anglo Saxon Christian Religion
879 wordsDuring the Anglo-Saxon period there were many kings. Three of the more notable kings were Offa of Mercia, Alfred of Wessex, and Aethelbert of Kent. Offa also known as "King of the English" reigned in Mercia from 757 to 796. Offa had a more powerful kingdom than others such as Lindsey, the Hwicce, and Sussex. Offa had control over all of the kingdoms mentioned even the kingdoms of Kent and East Anglia. King Offa had gotten his position as king after a civil war. He was able to succesful extend hi...
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King Alfred Great King
609 wordsGive the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a kings heir. May the king judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice... May the king defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the needy, and crush the oppressor. (Ps 72: 1, 2, 4) The above quoted paragraph is self explanatory in itself to define qualities and objectives of an ideal kingship model. Arent they suitable to describe the great king Alfred? His ability to organize military is a p...
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Anglo Saxon King Alfred
1,467 wordsQuestion: Why was Alfred Able To Defeat The Vikings? In the autumn of 856, Danish Viking ships sailed to England and invaded what is now Norfolk in East Anglia. By Easter of 878, the Danes held control of all of East Anglia, Mercia, most of Wessex (all save Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset) and had set up a puppet ruler in Northumbria. The invaders had destroyed or overrun almost everything that had been of the four great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England. However, by 896 King Alfred of Wessex an...
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1,316 wordsThe Literary Contributions of King Alfred the Great Our understanding of the literary achievements of King Alfred depend very much upon what we believe about his early education. If we are content to accept the stories of Assers, the famous biographer of Alfred, that he reached his twelfth birthday before he learned to read (Keynes 75), then we must reckon his literary career as a phenomenon which can only be described, not explained. Or, if that is not satisfactory, we may compare him in his ad...
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Anglo Saxon Army
1,739 wordsAlfred, the King of the West Saxons, was a truly influential man who was given the title Great by his people. He was, and still is today, the only English king to have been given this title 1 and for good reason. Alfred was an accomplished military leader and leader in the development of education among his people and for this he is credited with helping to make modern English speaking society what it is today. This essay will examine his military feats, his planned defence of his kingdom, his p...
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