Alfred the Great

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Alfred the Great and science at Christmas

Alfred the Great “managed to ensure history’s enduring affection by making sure that he wrote it himself,” argues Max Adams. (Photo by Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Alfred the Great: a reappraisal

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Winchester and York History Weekends: 5 minutes with Michael Wood

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A brief history of Offa’s Dyke

Statue of King Alfred the Great in leafy Trinity Church Square, Southwark. It is thought to be the oldest statue in London.

Q&A What’s the oldest statue in London?

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The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period

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Michael Wood on Alfred the Great

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King Alfred excavation: what we know so far

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King Alfred excavation: pelvic bone discovered in museum storage

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. Acknowledging the good fortune played a role in Alfred's reign is important, says Alex Burghart,

Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?

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Permission granted to examine ‘King Alfred’ grave

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Bones exhumed from unmarked grave at ‘Alfred the Great’ church

View across the river Clyde to Dumbarton Rock and the medieval Dumbarton Castle. (Photo by Martin W Holt via Getty Images)

History explorer: Alfred and the Vikings

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Bernard Cornwell on his novels

A memorial tomb to King Æthelstan, in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. (Photo by Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images)

If King Alfred was great, was Æthelstan even greater?