LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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victor over King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
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. invaders of the British Isles, starting around 800 B.C. and resuming again after the Roman withdrawal in A.D. 407
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German silversmith who perfected a process of printing from movable type
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king who resisted Danish encroachment in England and concluded a treaty in 886
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 886 AD, Alfred negotiated a treaty with the Danes. England was divided, with the north and the east (between the Rivers Thames and Tees) declared to be Danish territory-later known as the ‘Danelaw’. Alfred therefore gained control of areas of West Mercia and Kent which had been beyond the boundaries of Wessex.
Detailed explanation-3: -In around 880, King Alfred the Great agreed the following treaty with Guthrum (d. 890), one of the viking leaders. The text begins: ‘This is the peace which King Alfred and King Guthrum and the councillors of all the English people, and all the people who are in East Anglia, have all agreed and confirmed with oaths.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum is a 9th-century peace agreement between Alfred of Wessex and Guthrum, the Viking ruler of East Anglia. It sets out the boundaries between Alfred and Guthrum’s territories as well as agreements on peaceful trade, and the weregild value of its people.
Detailed explanation-5: -Finally, in 870 the Danes attacked the only remaining independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex, whose forces were commanded by King Aethelred and his younger brother Alfred. At the battle of Ashdown in 871, Alfred routed the Viking army in a fiercely fought uphill assault.