Alfred the Great: Fury of the Vikings (TRIH ep 250, part 1)
865 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the life and times of Alfred the Great and the Viking threat to ninth-century England. They open with a dramatic reading and discuss Alfred’s childhood, Roman and Frankish influences from visits to Rome and Charles the Bald’s court, and Alfred’s commitment to literacy and Christian kingship (Asser and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are noted).
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Around 865
- Viking Age (793)
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)
- Viking raid on Lindisfarne (793)