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Alfred the Great and the Viking Wars for England. In this documentary, we journey to the 9th century, when the Anglo-Saxons of England faced off against the Vikings. Alfred the Great, Lady Ethelfled of Mercia, and Edward the Elder led the effort to defeat the Viking invaders.
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[@BedeLaplume]

Great synthesis and animation montage..

[@martinvicentin2694]

Hi I am very interesting to see this video with subtititles. It would be great because I am from Argentina and I speak spanish Do you have any idea where I can watch? Thanks

[@shady83]

I can imagine Alfred, El CID & the Lion Heart having a very interesting conversation

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[@eshandev]

The last kingdom was actually one of the best medieval series I have ever seen 🔥🔥🔥

[@shoaibahmad5617]

I agree uthred is not in these cronciles so sad

[@pineytheelder3898]

Season 5 is out

[@marcfrancisteodoro7720]

@@pineytheelder3898 Season was epic! Can't wait for the movie hehe

[@ThatTempesTGuy]

Vikings is way better

[@minaadjei-mensah]

Surley

[@asterisgiotas3332]

I love Anglo-Saxon History

[@arinaina4262]

It's worth your study why Anglo-Saxon is the most powerful influence all over the world......

[@michelmorio8026]

Arina Ina but wouldn‘t be as half as influential without Norman Invasion of 1066

[@jordan_roadhouse4798]

@@michelmorio8026 Aww.... Is the Frenchman feeling left out.

[@michelmorio8026]

Jordan__ Roadhouse nope, I‘m german... but nice try 😂😂😂✌🏻

[@wowthatsbs]

Watch the last kingdom, and Vikings for great Anglo Saxon history 🙏🏻

[@bri5490]

Alfred the founding father of England or the Anglecynn although his Grandson was the first King of England, Ethelstan in 925.

[@kevwhufc8640]

Yes spot on, and Alfred's grandfather was king Ecgberht 802-839 , who became bretwalder ( leader of all Britons) Bret = Briton, walder = wider, ..ruler of *Wider Britain or all Britain, exact meaning is still debated. Those wessex kings were gonna create and rule all England eventually , tough warriors & clever too!

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[@Theimpracticalelf]

looking forward to this. Alfred was the greatest English king, imo

[@benknight7130]

Ooof thats a tough call. Although his defence and unification of England is fantastic. I think Edward the 1st is personally

[@RezaChity-G]

@@nedsteven4622 Medieval stalin lolol

[@RezaChity-G]

@@nedsteven4622 lol

[@RogueStar-zv4rr]

@@nedsteven4622 Gotta bend over for the "We WuZ ViKaNGz" crowd.

[@michelmorio8026]

Ben Knight well, it was not until his Grandson Aethelstan that the 7 former Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms were really united and the king was called ‚rex Anglorum‘

[@rueporter2253]

I am fascinated by these times in history. Having welsh, English, scot an Irish in me doesn’t hurt lol. Great vid sir

[@mariia099]

Gazbanger but it’s still the same blood, just a broken up country lol.

[@B4wolfpak]

I have predominant Celtic DNA too! Irish (Cnty Mayo mostly), English, Welsch, Scot. Somewhere around 75%, then German, French, Polish.

[@marcusgreene9993]

I have Saxon and Dane DNA

[@duncanharrell5009]

Majority English with Irish, Scottish, and Welsh with a tiny bit of German and French.

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[@fideidefensorgreenbay8210]

Thank you so much for this video! Alfred is one of my favorite medieval kings!

[@timothyfreeman97]

Who holds the keys to the kingdom of heaven?

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@@timothyfreeman97 st peter

[@ThatTempesTGuy]

Yes out of all the inbred christian extremist kings he's the best.... 😬🤡

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[@jonathanstubbs8158]

May all these heroes feast eternally in Valhalla. Alfred was an excellent ruler as well.

[@TimePlayerOfficial]

definitely. I think in Norse religion it really doesn’t matter if you’re a believer or not to go to valhalla, as-long as you die with a weapon in your hand your set

[@daniellealexander9844]

I am unsure if this would be offensive to those people because of a hatred against heathenism...

[@Chilly_Billy]

I received my Hospitaller shirt today. It took quite a while, coming from the Netherlands, but I'm pleased with the quality.

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[@erravi]

I attend Alfred State College in Alfred, NY. Across the street is Alfred University where there is a great statue of King Alfred bearing sword, shield, and tome. Heck yeah. Great video!

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[@hanzundgunther5224]

Me being a viking and anglo-saxon history fan loves this video and playing Assassins Creed Valhalla, love the vid and long life the king!

[@kendallandersen8551]

I loved Alfred in Valhalla

[@tauceti8341]

I'm so happy you're branching out in history, and the added animation was super cool. The pictures are what I love the most. I love seeing old medieval pictures/paintings. I love old maps too especially of migrations and battle dates

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[@britishpatriot7386]

Alot of these videos are just fake history, KZbinrs make stuff up alot especially those who are woke types who add ridiculous thing's for feelings instead of just the truth.

[@mikenieves0709]

So happy about seeing this era covered!!!!!!!!!

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I love the virtual depiction of the fighting. Nice!!!

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[@GoogleUserOne]

Your channel is absolutely fantastic brother

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Lampman414]

Great video, as usual.

[@TheLilleKatt]

Informative and well done. Thank you

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[@TvOnlineInternetTv]

Great Job !!! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. The voice over is great, with all of the factual details flowing in an engaging and well written narrative. The mellow, cool voice and accent is easy to follow. The music matches the story line and the backdrop images fit exceptionally well with the narrative and the music. While this is only my second video of yours that I have seen, following my first, on the Teutonic Crusaders, I'm enjoying them and look forward to making these required watchs' ( or in classroom ) for my World History lessons. "Hat's off" Real Crusades History, I think you'll keep me busy for awhile here. : )__ ~~

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[@lucasvanderhoeven3760]

Great video!

[@babbsromero3471]

My ancestry leads back to King Oswald, wish they spoke more of his legacy, he was anointed a saint . So beautiful!

[@marcusgreene9993]

Mine lead back to king Alfred

[@angelica54839]

@@marcusgreene9993 does that make me related to you in a way?

[@GalacticExplorer83]

How do you know this? Just curious

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[@babbsromero3471]

@@GalacticExplorer83 my father did our Oswald Geaneology

[@anasevi9456]

excellent, nothing to add just excellent mini doco!

[@Sunbeam2024]

that's a nicely done summary. well done.

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[@SuperPats54]

Found this video very informative .

[@cottontails9003]

Alfred the Great was a brilliant military strategists

[@az53999]

Cotton Tails He was certainly deserving of the title the Great. No doubt. He was the only King to be given the title. But to be precise it was Uhtred Uhtredson that was his best military strategist and saved his royal personage many times over.

[@shaunyg4156]

@@az53999 I dont think he was alive during that time utrecht was based on Utrecht the Bold who was around 100 years later. So no Alfred wasn't saved by him, that was for the benefit of character development for the show

[@fazefarcry]

Euthred taught him how Vikings fight

[@alext5497]

@@az53999 as far as im aware, thats all fiction

[@alext5497]

@@az53999 yea I just double checked. Alfred died 899ad and Uthred the Bold was born circa 971ad. I really hope you were just messing around..

[@Aliskandr]

Thanks! That brought clarity to a confusing time. The maps really helped! ...although a topographical map with the river systems would make clear the infrastructure at the heart of the kingdoms.🙌🏻

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[@cjm7685]

Yesssss thankyou!!!!

[@jackburton4790]

I personally like the fact the Alfred got told off by a woman for burning the bread loaves when he was hiding out on the island :)

[@jackburton4790]

Katie Boyd whatever still a good story

[@jackmountcastle538]

It happened in the last kingdom as well, idk how but historians must believe that Alfred was a terrible baker!

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[@janbayle2982]

Great video! I live in Gloucester and pass St Oswald's Priory, where Aethelflaed is buried every day!

[@Vorador47]

where i live, we have the ruins of the Palace of the Bishop of Winchester, and i'm not far from Wantage (birthplace of Alfred)

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[@liha810]

THIS IS A GREAT HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF WHICH NEVER HEARD BEFORE .

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[@neilwilson5785]

Well done for pronouncing Leicester correctly. I lived there for a while, and had black pudding and chips for dinner, with a can of special Brew to wash it down. Tough people.

[@maeglin9252]

And yet said Derby wrong 🤦‍♂️

[@elmagico3225]

Love how you used total war games for this

[@sabrinaprior6874]

Where have you been??? I so enjoy your vids. Each one a small treasure. Just found this vid. Unfortunately my attention span has been that of a nat (?) so wrong. Hope things are well with you and you are of course having fun and taking care!!! Thank you so much for doing this channel. It is truly a treasure among so much drek(?) Unfortunately I'm very tired. Oops and sorry. 😘😜😘 😎😎😎 😷😎😷

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks so much glad to hear you're liking the content!

[@pulsarsingularitydean6621]

Thanks for the share I love the history of Wessex

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

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[@Z_BoyPanduh]

Don’t forget the Viking also traveled through the Mediterranean searching for plunder but later finding employment

[@michelmorio8026]

I believe he doesn‘t forget that... at least he has done dozens of vids about the Normans there

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

it not really irrelevant to the vikings in England.

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[@sochet1865]

omg this hellped sooooooo much✌🏻

[@jrgaston8891]

Thank you so much for sharing. Alfred was my 36th great grandfather. I am also related to the vikings he fought. Funny how things play out.

[@pearsnshitlikedat]

mine too, my 39th along with william and rollo, nice to meet you cousin.

[@AnthonySforza]

Hey, mine too. As well as his brother.

[@jrgaston8891]

@Jotaro97 that's what I thought too when I discovered it. However I verified it on multiple ancestry sites. The lineage crossed several Generations down when Herbastus de Crepon married Gunnhild Olafsdottir.

[@marcusgreene9993]

A fellow person that is related to king Alfred and Norse

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[@chiefjohnson2642]

I see harold baldr worm in a hospitaller hoody....... and he's a norsman🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣 loveed the vid bro👍🇳🇿

[@nenisguevaragomez8122]

English is not my native language but I love this history - themed channel.

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[@coleparker]

Having studied, both History and Archaeological sources about the Norse and now Anglo Saxon cultures, I would like to see some more information about Alfred's Navy. I have talked to Viking Ship experts but as it is explained to me, Anglo Saxon Ship types and Alfred's Navy, is still something of a mystery.

[@Vorador47]

i would guess they would be pretty similar, there wasn't that much difference between Saxons and Scandinavians (other than by that time, Religion) but they started out as the same people and diverged over time.

[@coleparker]

@@Vorador47 I agree with your assumption. However, in some of the sources I have read over time, there is passage about the ships, paraphrasing it since it has been such a long time since I read, the ships were neither Danish (Norse) design or ?, but were such that Alfred thought best. Some descriptions of the ships were longer and had higher gunwales. I read one ship historian's theory that these ships were actually the forerunners of the later Dragon ships of the late 9th and 10th century.

[@stephaniefarrell446]

I'm learning about him

[@memermanmeme5732]

You should talk about the defence between different orders of knights

[@bjritchie10]

Would you tell us more in this comment I'm not even sure I knew about such things

[@memermanmeme5732]

@@bjritchie10 ?

[@ryangerrard4048]

Proud of my Anglo Saxon heritage!

[@seeker5736]

Ryan Gerrard. Its such a great shame,that England fell to the Normans in 1066.

[@kozlovracing2772]

@@seeker5736 I'm proud of my Norman heritage :) I had ancestors who fought with William the Conqueror in 1066.

[@seeker5736]

@@kozlovracing2772 . Yes I understand that kozlov, however what happened in 1066 would be considered a'war crime' today. Anglo Saxon England was rich and successful and that's why the Normans wanted it. I do wish though, that the english language today, was not hybrid(with french).

[@jacquelinevanderkooij4301]

Gerrard sound Normannic 🤗🤔

[@Vorador47]

@@seeker5736 not really, Anglo Saxon, Dane, Norman, they are basically they all started out as the same people.

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Complimenti

[@ironwarfare3528]

This was literally the script of The Last Kingdom!

[@providedyeti1518]

Siddhartha Saha no it isn’t, the last kingdom takes place during this time but is far from accurate

[@Ponakalaranjit456]

Not really

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Straight plagiarism bro

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[@DiamondMind]

What happened to the latest Spanish Reconquista video?

[@ScooterChang]

Did anyone else repeat Uthreds name the same way he said it all badass and slow everytime he said it in the show

[@kafon6368]

A shame Cnut and William put the nail in the coffin for Saxon rule. Saxons fought so hard, and got so far. But in the end, it didn't even maaatteeeeeer.

[@medievalgirl002]

Ah yes, but the Saxons had the last laugh, because Cnut's dynasty only lasted 2 generations, but a descendant of Edmund Ironside, the elder son of Athelred from before his Norman marriage went onto marry Henry I. Her name was Edith, and her daughter was the Empress Matilda.

[@anglishbookcraft1516]

Grumpy Historian most of the blows had been dealt though. English culture and it’s tongue were built by then on hating their own roots and hailing Latin culture and speech even till this day. The only way Saxons can become like we were is to go backwards. Get rid of the Norman legacy, rid English of these unneeded posh Latin words in our tongue and to start being fond of our Germanic roots. I don’t mean wiping yore/history away forever, but there needs to be an edwhirve to Anglo Saxon ways of life.

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[@DavBlc7]

@@anglishbookcraft1516 Well, you can't rid of the Norman legacy, some of the legacy were still here in England, The book of Doomsday which is useful for recording lands, etc. French words put into English language, Three lions of England on red background in our Royal coat of Arms. Descendants of Norman conquerors mixed up with Anglo Saxons, Norse and Celtic all over Britain too. Normans also brought us Parliament and court of law too. The Normans gave us surnames like Smith, Jones, etc. Saxons had no surnames before the conquest. That is one of the good things the Normans gave us. English language would never have been completed with any French words in it along with Latin, Germanic, a bit of Arabs and Norse.

[@mijanhoque1740]

William did that as he was horrible but Cnut was a great ruler as he respected the Anglo-Saxon culture and changed nothing, his rule was harmonious. William on the other did not respect it and changed everything all together.

[@ThatTempesTGuy]

From the show Vikings

[@michealperez1863]

What happened to the video from yesterday?

[@dacoyote7699]

What mod for Medieval Total War 2 is being used in this video?

[@JoseCillerGuitar]

Here in Galicia vickings use to come to fight and kill for many years

[@TheBayzent]

Twice they arrived, once they sacked and left, the second time, the Galicians burned their ships and they had to go inwards until they made an arrangement with the king to be allowed safe passage without getting their heads chopped off, on exchange of not trying again. 700's Hispania was WAY too militarized for the Vikings to get reliable profit, because, well, it was literally a territory at war. Constant war. For the next 700 years.

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

Heck the Vikings!

[@hanzundgunther5224]

Raise the Fyrd!!!

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Eivor

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I didn't know my ansestor still lives.

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“Odin takes the souls!!!” “We take the silver!!!”

[@ericmarley7060]

"My England. My love..."

[@chrisnorton4912]

Has anybody watch the last kingdom on Netflix?

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

I have overall the show is alright but some of the costumes will make history buffs claw their eyes out and the swords look so fake that it the first thing you notice about the weapon.

[@DavBlc7]

And Vikings in Amazon Prime too.

[@ivymoon1779]

Absolutely love it

[@mariarice4916]

@@thesmilinggun-knight9646 A pity the BBC dropped it after two seasons...however thank goodness netflix saw its potential and carried on the series.

[@rvmm2]

I am doing this on CK3 :)

[@TrentStockman78]

The Vikings definitely visited north America. There are Viking burial mounds in Newfoundland. Search for "L'Anse aux Meadows"

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

@Klaidi Rubiku Nope, they left themselves

[@marcusgreene9993]

It was in Canada. A place the viking called vinland

[@magusking9215]

I cannot watch it right now - in the off chance it will spoil the last season of Vikings for me - I'll wait

[@divinesolstice3744]

Bannerlord for the Battles would be awesome!

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Stephen, I have just become a patreon of this amazing channel! Could you ever make a video on the Albanian hero Skanderbeg who defend the Christian nations from the Ottomans? I was born in Italy, but my parents moved to Albania when I was little, so please don't mind my bad English! God bless you!

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​@@mansionbookerstudios9629 you don't even answer people's questions instead you just do the me me me thing.

[@vivianbond7449]

What year was this please

[@fartz3808]

BTW rather than a Medieval 2 mod, you missed out on the perfect chance to use Thrones of Britannia for combat visuals! It's set in the era of Alfred, and Alfred is one of the playable leaders (also the strongest one).

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Thrones of britannia suuuucks bro

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[@anttimartikainen7058]

I think it was not "possibility" north America but Vikings were there. There is archeological evidence if memory serves. Leif Ericson in modern day Canada. And for Vikings it made no sense to establish a permanent presence in that far continent because proper plunder was near.

[@atune2682]

yihaa!! bernard cornwell :D

[@paulsims4108]

Love our ancestors.

[@joaofranciscobento00]

Is the game on the video Medieval total war 2?

[@AlexiosCS_Enjoyer]

It looks like it was modded, but it is medieval 2.

[@mrboo3049]

is this THE DARK AGE ERA

[@Ryz414]

I see somebody is exited to play Assassin Creed Valhalla.

[@Acesahn]

But its Assassins Creed... they'll probably portray Alfred as a corrupt tyrant and the vikings as liberty loving free spirits with weapons lol.

[@d.louisharrison9452]

Acesahn that’s exactly what they did

[@kazekagejichujisoo7838]

Acesahn they won't Ubisoft said they understand he is a famous hero. He will be an antagonist, someone who opposes the protagonist, but not a villain. From what I think, he will be like Ptolemy from AC Origins where he will be controlled by the Templars rather than being a Templar.

[@MalikBarrow16]

It's almost out!

[@Ryz414]

@@MalikBarrow16 How has it been 5 months already?

[@peterjansson6468]

Where was the court of King Alfred

[@eagleowl833]

Alfred the great is one of the biggest gigga Chad's in history

[@thumbstruck]

Due to slight warming before the "little ice age" of the 1100s, better crop varieties developed for northern climes, Scandinavia had a drastic population growth. The Danes of the Danelaw settled in the unsettled areas of the Danelaw, shown by the Norse placenames in eastern England.

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[@Lua_anti_ByeBraylon]

Now I don't need to watch The Last Kingdom anymore

[@michelmorio8026]

Well, the show spoiled itself in the last season when introducing Prince Aethelstan...

[@thesmilinggun-knight9646]

it not that good not bad but not great.

[@alext5497]

@@michelmorio8026 how does fiction spoil itself?

[@michaelrivera6220]

@@alext5497 when its based on real events

[@user-jm4xm4yv5x]

Game?

[@offwiththefairiesforever2373]

See GOOD KING

[@pringlesman25]

I can't recognize who the lady in the thumbnail is. Care to help?

[@Publius123]

The name of the artwork in the thumbnail with the lady (on the left) is called "A Medieval Beauty" by Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922).

[@martinchristianaguilar5135]

Alfred the Great- Real life Aegon I Targaryen

[@simonegeezer6238]

I'm an anglo. Any man profession back then was farmers. Even the Norse. Going Viking became more prevalent when Charlemagne went on a Nordic crusade.

[@fernandocedeno8650]

What was the causes of death of Ethelfleda the daughter of Alfred?

[@Weda01]

Some sources suggest she died of a stroke.

[@mexikingss4812]

Isnt queen Elizabeth a descendant of rollo the viking?

[@taramama6658]

Yes

[@unpataunpata]

Alfred the Great was the first English king to support a standing army...that is why they won out.

[@ejharvey2764]

not all danish Vikings whare helmets only the very rich and powerful ones did

[@offwiththefairiesforever2373]

Prosperous and gental civilized ....

[@maxzonfrilli213]

Mamma mia!

[@11calman]

Vikings brought me here 01/2021

[@DukeOfArrakis]

i was named after king Alfred⚔️

[@maaan8494]

The natives gave as good as they got

[@maryannkelley7039]

👍

[@gilbiazon21]

Uhtred of bebbenburg never mention in alfred's victories. And his name was never written in anglo saxon history. Alfred said it in the last kingdom

[@ryu9687]

I just killed this guy in assassins creed They made him look eerily similar to king Phillip in the Netflix show Knightfall

[@cyberkk3725]

You can't kill him tho

[@kendallandersen8551]

What game did you play cause you cannot kill Alfred in AC

[@itztol9226]

What about Uhtred of Bebbenburgh?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I believe he was a fictional character created for a TV show?

[@offwiththefairiesforever2373]

An Honourable Lot but its just constant warfare......isnt it ?

[@mrboo3049]

what century is this? is this the era of DARK AGES

[@gabrielmathews4147]

Yes... Padawan. 9th and 10th century.

[@TripleAEmpire]

I have Dane and angle-Scandinavian in in my blood

[@davidtownsend6092]

Scandinavians were actually super shitty at navigation. I mean it got em where they needed to go but it was literally 99% hugging the coast. They used very basic astrology and animist based navigation but most of the time they just stayed close to land or got lucky.

[@IrishCinnsealach]

Basic astrology? I think you mean astronomy

[@kevwhufc8640]

Saxons were raiding Britainnia & even attacking & stealing roman merchant ships in the English channel from mid 200s ad eventually invading & settling in Britain using long ships similar to those the Vikings used several centuries later. Saxons had same pagan gods until christianity eventually spread throughout the country.

[@sagarbasnet708]

His grandson athelstan was also the good king

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[@divinej3733]

Remember that by making peace with Danes, those Danes then became spies and would have given Alfred vital information on how their Dane fellow fought and tactics. Unfortunately the monks keeping records would only site that Alfred was the hero. these kings had help from the other side.

[@rubengonzalez750]

The Anglo Saxons and Vikings were actually the same people....the Angles...Saxons....Franks....Frisians... Jutes were all Germanic tribes from Northern Germany and Denmark many migrated to England four hundred years before Alfred and Viking invasions and were Christianized....so Vikings were later versions of them invading England.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Yeah, kind of an intriguing aspect of the whole thing. Really fascinating period of history. The 9th century has a lot of gripping stuff.

[@rubengonzalez750]

@@RealCrusadesHistory yeah all them German tribes that invaded England earlier also worshipped Thor and Odin just like the Vikings but were christianized.

[@nole8923]

Do we really have any idea what Alfred and Aethelflaed looked like?

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

No we really don't.

[@johnlee5423]

Even though Alfred was a great king he could never defeat Hagar the Horrible in battle.

[@christofromuald703]

I hope Assassins Creed Valhalla doesn't desecrate king Alfred's memory.

[@k3iler05]

OH it will. Probably portray him as a black guy hahaha

[@cyberkk3725]

It didn't, he's portrayed exactly how he's described. Clever and god loving.

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Poor fellow soldier of Christ