| from the original on 26 June 2020 | For him, the key to the kingdom's spiritual revival was to appoint pious, learned, and trustworthy bishops and abbots |
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| , a 13th-century work, contains sayings that are not likely to have originated with Alfred but attest to his posthumous medieval reputation for wisdom | Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press |
| Viking attacks 890s [ ] After another lull, in the autumn of 892 or 893, the Danes attacked again | London: George Bell and Sons |
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| They were overtaken by Alfred's eldest son, and were defeated at the in Surrey | In other words, Alfred succeeded to Ceolwulf's kingdom consisting of western Mercia, and Guthrum incorporated the eastern part of Mercia into an enlarged henceforward known as the |
Stevenson, Clarendon Press, 1904 ; and the Saxon Chronicles text and notes by Earle and Plummer, 2 vols.
16| Consequently, it was writers of the 16th century who gave Alfred his epithet as "the Great", not any of Alfred's contemporaries | He was given the epithet "the Great" in the 16th century |
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| Alfred singled out in particular the laws that he "found in the days of Ine, my kinsman, or , king of the Mercians, or King who first among the English people received baptism" | Before construction began, convicts that would later be imprisoned at the site were sent in to prepare the ground, to ready it for building |
According to Asser, The unbinding of the on the eighth day took place at a royal estate called.
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