Alfred the Great: How did a sickly bookish king manage to crush the unbeatable VIKINGS?

Greetings, students of history and tales of the unexpected! Today, we uncover the story of Alfred the Great, the man who saved England. In an age of warrior kings, Alfred of Wessex was a scholar, a bookworm, and plagued by chronic illness. When the seemingly unstoppable Great Heathen Army of the Vikings conquered kingdom after kingdom, Alfred was driven into hiding, his cause all but lost. How did this sickly intellectual rally his people from the brink of annihilation to crush the Vikings and lay the foundation for a unified England?

In this video you will learn:

• The Viking apocalypse: the Great Heathen Army's conquest of Anglo-Saxon England.
• Alfred's desperate flight into the marshes of Somerset.
• From fugitive to strategist: reorganizing the army (the Fyrd) and building fortified towns (the Burhs).
• The turning point: the decisive Battle of Edington against the Viking leader Guthrum.
• The Treaty of Wedmore and the creation of the Danelaw.
• More than a warrior: Alfred's revolutionary educational and legal reforms.
• How a king who preferred books to battles earned the title "the Great."

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