not realising he was the King." The English used the story to mark a turning point in his life. "Whether or not the legend is true, Athelney was of massive significance to Alfred," explained Prof ...

King Alfred, dubbed Alfred the Great ... He retreated to a fortress at Athelney, Somerset, and began to put together an army comprising men from Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire.

The Jewel was found in a peat bog in North Petherton, about eight miles from where King Alfred founded a monastery at Athelney. "Arguably it is one of the most exciting finds in this country ...

"The fact this object was found within a few miles of Athelney certainly starts one ... interpretation that this is a reference to King Alfred and that his Kingship is taken for granted." ...

1675-1721), only four miles from Athelney, where King Alfred took refuge from the Vikings in 878, and where legend has it, he burnt the cakes. All seven aestels are thought to date to the time of ...

Former farmland in the “birthplace of England” is to be rewilded for nature by a charity which has bought the land linked to Alfred the Great. The Isle of Athelney was used by the Saxon king ...

King Alfred Louis Dyer Recollections of a Quaker Boy Rowland E. Robinson The Steel-Engraving Lady and the Gibson Girl Caroline Ticknor The Cardinal Virtues William De Witt Hyde Audrey Mary ...

Later in his life the young King Alfred had to hide from the Vikings on a marshy island called Athelney, in Somerset. A famous story tells how, while sheltering in a cowherd's hut, the king got a ...

a King who reigned over the Saxons during the years 871 to 899 AD. The work, technically a masque – a popular type of dramatic entertainment among 16th and 17th century English nobility – tells of how ...

when he almost died in Athelney but was cured by Iseult (Charlie Murphy). WHO IS SKADE? The synopsis of The Last Kingdom season three suggests King Alfred’s reign will be in danger and Edward ...

The Jewel was found in a peat bog in North Petherton, about eight miles from where King Alfred founded a monastery at Athelney. "Arguably it is one of the most exciting finds in this country ...

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