Alfred the Great became king at the worst possible moment. Viking armies had overrun most of England, crushing kingdoms one ...

The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with colorful enamel paste and accented by thin strips of gold. It depicts a person ...

There are moments in history where a great deal hangs in the balance, meaning that if things had turned out slightly differently, the history which followed would be very different. In the history of ...

The first monarch to rule over what would later become Great Britain was King Alfred the Great, who was crowned as the King of England in 871 A.D. There wouldn't be a British monarch per se until 1707 ...

On The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom, by David Woodman. England is old. The history of its foundation remains shrouded in mystery and the allure of myth. Undeniably the ...

Few kings in English history deserve the epithet great more than Alfred King of Wessex In an age and country blighted by Viking invasions Alfred inflicted repeated defeats upon the Norsemen and set ...