However, he had to immediately defend his throne from Guthrum, a Viking warlord. Alfred flees and hid in the Somerset Levels. So far, Alfred the not so great. But eventually Alfred regrouped and ...

the future Alfred the Great. That year, the Danes and Saxons fought nine times, including at Marton where Æthelred’s forces clashed violently with Danes led by Halfdan Ragnarsson. The Vikings ...

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 ...