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1 day ago · 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.
- Edward The Elder
Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the...
- Æthelred I
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English:...
- Æthelflæd, Lady of The Mercians
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled...
- Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble...
- Ivar The Boneless
"Hyngwar", Ivar's name as it appears in Harley MS 2278, a...
- Cultural Depictions of Alfred The Great
Alfred spent the first seven years of his reign battling the...
- Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders
She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, the Saxon...
- Æthelred, Lord of The Mercians
Anglo-Saxon London, called Lundenwic, was located a mile...
- Uhtred of Bamburgh
The name of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria as it appears on...
- Anglo-Saxon paganism
Definition A political map of Britain c. 650 (the names are...
- Edward The Elder
2 days ago · Church of England, English national church that traces its history back to the arrival of Christianity in Britain during the 2nd century. It has been the original church of the Anglican Communion since the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Learn more about the Church of England in this article.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England was forced by its monarchs and elites to break away from the authority of the pope and the Catholic Church. These events were part of the wider European Reformation, a religious and political movement that affected the practice of Christianity in Western and ...
3 days ago · Wessex, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset. Learn more about Wessex, including its kings.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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4 days ago · Christianity, major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ, or the Anointed One of God) in the 1st century ce. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused of all faiths.
1 day ago · The legend of the destruction of the temple of Apollo by King Lucius and the building of the Christian church of St. Peter on its site is hardly worthy of consideration, but the story of the East Saxon foundation is so intimately bound up with Westminster traditions that no account of the abbey would be complete without it.
