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1 giorno fa · In Orderic’s fourth book, composed around 1125, he twice describes Alfred as ‘the first king to hold sway over all of England’, and moreover states that ‘in goodness, nobility and statesmanship [Alfred] stood, I believe, head and shoulders above all the kings of England who came before or after him’. 32 Orderic’s claim that Alfred was the first king of all England is interesting ...
2 giorni fa · Del resto lo stesso Hardy ne fu retrospettivamente consapevole, se nella breve nota introduttiva scritta in occasione della Wessex edition del 1912 affermò: ”Rileggendolo dopo tanto tempo, viene da fare l’inevitabile riflessione che la realtà da cui ha preso vita fosse un materiale più adatto a un altro tipo di studio di questo piccolo gruppo di musicisti di chiesa, come si trova nei ...
3 giorni fa · Many fixate on the Wars of the Roses as the ultimate political drama, but the last 50 years of Anglo-Saxon England played host to a conflict even more thrilling. The last half-century of Anglo-Saxon England was perfectly framed by foreign invasions. The first was the Danish conquest of 1016 at the hands of King Cnut.
2 giorni fa · Silver penny of Alfred, struck c. 875 –880. Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
5 giorni fa · Ælfthryth of Wessex Countess of Flanders 877–929 Second Daughter of King Alfred the Great and Queen Ealhswith: Baldwin II Second Margrave of Flanders c. 865 –918: Ælfwynn 'Second Lady of the Mercians' b. c. 888: King Æthelstan c. 893/895 –939 King of the Anglo-Saxons r. 924–927 King of the English r. 927–939: Ælfweard of Wessex c ...
1 giorno fa · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current King of the United Kingdom and King of Norway are agnatic members of this house, meanwhile the King of Spain and King of ...
4 giorni fa · Ein Schutzpatron ist in der katholischen Kirche, den orthodoxen Kirchen, der anglikanischen Kirche und in manchen islamisch geprägten Gegenden Kleinasiens ein Heiliger, der in bestimmten Anliegen bevorzugt angerufen wird.
