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Alfred the Great (Biography & Memoirs) by Sturdy, David is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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268 pages : 25 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, 1. Alfred's Dynasty and its Forebears -- 2. Alfred's Parents and Family -- 3. Alfred's Visits to Rome in 853 and 855, and his Boyhood to 866 -- 4. The Chief Places of Christian and Pagan Europe: trade, forts and the origins of towns before the 860s -- 5. Pagan Europe: Denmark and the Franks before the 860s -- 6. Christian Europe: France and the Vikings before the 860s -- 7. 865-872, Battles and Devastation: the Start of Alfred's Reign -- 8. 872-877, England under Viking Domination -- 9. 878-880, The Kingdom Lost and Won -- 10. Expansion and Consolidation -- 11. Reconstruction and Defence -- 12. The Church and Culture -- 13. 892-899, The Third Crisis and Final Peace -- 14. Postscript: the Kingdom of England -- 15. Alfred in Later Centuries -- Appendix: Alfred the Great in books, plays and poetical dramas of the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Sturdy, David
Publisher
London : Constable
Published
1995
Language
EN
ISBN
9780094765702
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, Memoir, History
Updated
2026-03-24

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