King Alfred the Great, the only one in England's history to be given the epithet beside Cnut, though in this video, the first in a series of videos on how the "English State" was forged from the late 9th and throughout the 10th Century, I will lay out how "England" as a political entity nor a concept could have existed during Alfred's time. Sources:
Ecclesiastical History of the English People - St. Bede
(Penguin Classics)
Life of King Alfred - Bishop Asser
(Penguin Classics "Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources")
Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum - Anon.
(Penguin Classics "Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources")
The Formation of the English State in the 10th Century - George Molyneux
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Music Used:
Ritual - Kevin MacLeod
Eine Kleine Nachtsmuzik - Wulfgang Amadeus Mozart
Loopster - Kevin MacLeod
"Sunday Dub” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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