Alfred the Great: Fury of the Vikings (TRIH eps 250-251)
878 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life and legacy of Alfred the Great, focusing on his escape after the Viking ambush at Chippenham (January 878), the famous anecdotes (Alfred and the cakes; St Cuthbert), and his military and political recovery culminating in the Battle of Edington and Guthrum's baptism. They analyse Alfred's pragmatic statecraft: the creation and fortification of burhs (towns/boroughs), restoration of London, establishment of markets and coinage, and the ad...
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Around 878
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Viking Age (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)