Alfred the Great
110Rulers
21 Mar 2022
23:52¶ 57
“Going back further to Alfred the Great, there’s a reason he’s the only king who gets the title of Great. He fought back the…”
24:37¶ 58
“He introduced [palace? 24:39] schools. He began a translation program and he was one of the translators who started turning every book that they…”
25:06¶ 59
“That’s just the surface of the stuff he did, and he did this as a young man who was beset by some horrible illnesses…”
34The Right to Imperfect Justice
23 Aug 2020
48:28¶ 192
“Yes, he was a Christian. He was fighting to create England, because at that point the various Essex and Wessex and all the other…”
49:38¶ 196
“It was very frustrating, and Alfred, when he finally had the ability to deal with it – he had to pay a ransom more…”
49:54¶ 197
“Towns get their definition from this point, because towns from that point on had to be walled. They had to have a thoroughfare from…”