In 870 AD the Danes attacked the only remaining independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex, whose forces were commanded by Alfred's older brother, King Aethelred, and Alfred himself. In 871 AD ...

On 22 March 871, West Saxon forces met the incoming Viking invasion, and a brutal battle took place. Much of this conflict is lost to history, including the location of the battle, as reports vary ...

Alfred learned to read after his mother challenged ... who attacked with help from the Welsh and the Danes from Dublin. Athelstan wasn’t just a soldier though: he worked hard to make his kingdom ...

Leading the West Saxon forces was King Æthelred, and his younger brother, the future Alfred the Great. That year, the Danes and Saxons fought nine times, including at Marton where Æthelred’s ...

While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up ...