Who was Alfred the Great? | The History of Europe
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Alfred the Great saved England from being overrun by Vikings. He also set off a religious and cultural renaissance in England. His rule faced many setbacks in its first decade.
This video is lecture 15 from the series England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest
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00:00 Alfred the Great's Legacy Grows Over Time
04:36 Was Alfred the Great's Reign Fated?
07:47 Young Alfred Proves Himself on Battlefield
12:45 Alfred the Great Becomes King
15:00 Famous Legend Recounts Alfred's Pact with Vikings
19:57 Alfred Prepares Wessex for Viking Attacks
25:36 Alfred Attempts to Establish Permanent Navy
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Sadly the vikings got there in the end, via the the vikings from Normandy who had reinvented themselves as the Normans. Society under Anglo Saxon rule would have been fairer for the average person.
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You forgot to mention that he was a black man!!
@ZoneGlazed
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@cuyahogabluenose1835
Жыл бұрын
@@ZoneGlazed yeah...i lol myself when i found out that they all were...and replaced with white images!!
@Nothingmore71
Жыл бұрын
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Old euro history is a funny thing. People ruling literally just patches of land you can walk in a day getting titled with names like "Great"
@harleysvideomysteries7885
7 ай бұрын
You clearly know nothing of old English history
@Ravi9A
7 ай бұрын
@@harleysvideomysteries7885 it's less that and more that the people who set your historical conventions were frogs in wells. and that you guys haven't critically examined your predecessors.
@harleysvideomysteries7885
6 ай бұрын
@@Ravi9A What? Where on earth are you getting your information from? Do you even understand why we call Alfred great?
@Ravi9A
6 ай бұрын
@@harleysvideomysteries7885 yes.
@SonsofThunder1234
2 ай бұрын
@@Ravi9ADo I smell a disgruntled Indian? England went on to do extremely well, you know.