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Simon Keynes and Michael Lapidge (trans. and eds.), Alfred the Great: Asserās Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources (1983), provides much information about the reign and the personality of the king. Eleanor Shipley Duckett, Alfred the Great (1956, reissued 1970; also published as Alfred the Great and His England, 1957), is an accessible biography. Allen J. Frantzen, King Alfred (1986), studies Alfredās literary work and includes a brief biography. Other sources on the period include F.M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd ed. (1971, reprinted 1990); G.N. Garmonsway (trans. and ed.), The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, new ed. (1972, reissued 1994); and Dorothy Whitelock (ed.), English Historical Documents, c. 500ā1042, 2nd ed. (1979).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Heritage History - Alfred the Great. | May 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scholar Works at Harding - "Great" The Quest to Find the Man and the Myth of King Alfred (PDF). | Aug 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potter's Wax Museum - Alfred the Great. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Alfred and the Battle of Edington. | Oct 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Alfred the Great: a diagnosis (PDF). | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Oxford - Great Writers Inspire - King Alfred the Great. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Alfred the Great: Scholar, Strategist, Swordsman. | Jun 17, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Why was Alfred the Great One of Only Two Kings Named ļæ½Greatļæ½ in English History? | May 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: English Monarchs - Alfred the Great. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Alfred the Great. | Nov 08, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Alfred the Great: The Most Perfect Man in History? | Aug 13, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Family - Alfred 'The Great'. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 07, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic UK - Alfred the Great. | Nov 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Alfred the Great. | May 25, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Oct 25, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: International World History Project - Biography of Alfred the Great. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of Alfred the Great. | Mar 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Alfred the Great. | Sep 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Alfred the Great. | Sep 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Alfred. | Sep 15, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: President of Azerbaijan - Biography of Geidar Aliev. | Oct 24, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Alfred the Great. | Apr 27, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of John Tyler. | Feb 01, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |