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 ...

Alfred the Great became king at the worst possible moment. Viking armies had overrun most of England, crushing kingdoms one by one and leaving Wessex as the last holdout. Alfred faced repeated defeats ...

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 ...

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 ...

WE cannot, as Americans, be expected to agree with King James I., that “ the state of Monarchie is the supreamest thing on earth,” although, being children of the twentieth century, we are almost ...

Before Alfred the Great, there was Æthelwulf — the king who faced the first full force of Viking invasion. He fought them at sea, on land, and held Wessex together when England was divided.