Directory of Alfred the Great Resources

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This category lists sites and pages about Alfred the Great (d. 1100) who reigned from 871-99 as King of Wessex.

All sites listed here are suitable for children and teens to read and use for enjoyment and/or for schoolwork.

Resources in This Category

• Alfred

  http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0803304.html
  Biography for the king of Wessex (871–99), sometimes called Alfred the Great, b. Wantage, Berkshire.

• BBC: Alfred the Great (849 AD - 899 AD)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alfred_the_great.shtml
  Known as King Alfred (Aelfred) the Great, or King of Wessex, he became ruler of the West Saxons.

• Medieval Sourcebook: Asser's Life of King Alfred

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/asser.asp
  The contemporary biography of Alfred (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1915).

 

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