"New research on Alfred the Great " Topic
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Tango01 | 08 Apr 2017 3:56 p.m. PST |
"The Last Kingdom – BBC's historical drama set in the time of Alfred the Great's war with the Vikings – has returned to our screens for a second series. While most attention will continue to focus on the fictional hero Uhtred, his story is played out against a political background where the main protagonist is the brooding and bookish mastermind Alfred the Great, vividly portrayed in the series by David Dawson. But was Alfred the Great really that great? If we judge him on the basis of new findings in landscape archaeology that are radically changing our understanding of warfare in the Viking Age, it would seem not. It looks like Alfred was a good propagandist rather than a visionary military leader. The broad outline of King Alfred's wars with the Vikings is well known. Oft defeated by the great army of the Vikings, he took refuge in a remote part of Somerset before rallying the English army in 878 and defeating the Vikings at Edington. It was not this one victory that made Alfred great, according to his biographer Asser, but the military reforms Alfred implemented after Edington. In creating a system of strongholds, a longer-serving army and new naval forces, Asser argues that Alfred put in place systems which meant that the Vikings would never win again. In doing so, he secured his legacy…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
goragrad | 10 Apr 2017 11:09 a.m. PST |
Interesting. More so in light of Jeremy Haslam's rebuttal in the comment section. Dueling scholars… |
Tango01 | 10 Apr 2017 10:32 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Amicalement Armand
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