King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons. Episode 1, Alfred of Wessex /
King Alfred the Great fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset - burning the cakes on the way- before his decisive victory at Edington. Creating towns, trade and coinage, reviving learning and literacy, Alfred then laid the foundations of a single kingdom of 'all the English&...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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London, England :
British Broadcasting Corporation,
2013
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| Summary: | King Alfred the Great fights a desperate guerrilla war in the marshes of Somerset - burning the cakes on the way- before his decisive victory at Edington. Creating towns, trade and coinage, reviving learning and literacy, Alfred then laid the foundations of a single kingdom of 'all the English'. Filmed on location from Reading to Rome, using original texts read in Old English, and interviews with leading scholars, Michael Wood describes a man who was 'not just the greatest Briton, but one of the greatest rulers of any time or place'. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 11, 2017). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (60 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:59:34 |
| Language: | In English. |
