jupitersterrain four

14.25

two horsies later ... 

Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest


Alfred appears as a character in the twelfth- or thirteenth-century poem The Owl and the Nightingale, where his wisdom and skill with proverbs is praised. The Proverbs of Alfred, a thirteenth-century work, contains sayings that are not likely to have originated with Alfred but attest to his posthumous medieval reputation for wisdom

He was a zealous practiser of hunting in all its branches

his form appeared more comely than that of his brothers; in look, in speech, and in manners he was more graceful than they

he suffered throughout his life with a painful and unpleasant illness – possibly Crohn's disease

the church was demolished, leaving the graves intact

Coffins were stripped of lead, bones were scattered and lost