in those miserable days the commonest necessaries of life were hard enough to come by for the King and his few companions.Continuing Alfred the
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Alfred the Great – 5
First a dense fog and then a great storm came on, bursting on the south coast with such fury that the pagans lost no less than one hundred of their
Alfred the Great – 4
There must have been some few days of harassing suspense, for we cannot suppose that Alfred was not aware of the movements of his terrible
Alfred the Great – 3
Foolish king's thanes, turned into King Popinjays by pagans and left to play at government on such terms, are not pleasant or profitable objects in
Alfred the Great – 2
"This year," says the Saxon Chronicle, "nine general battles were fought against the army in the kingdom south of the Thames.Continuing Alfred the
Alfred the Great’s Reign
This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The New King.IntroductionAlfred the Great was the grandson of
Arianism and the First Nicene Council – 7
Today's installment concludes Arianism and the First Nicene Council,the name of our combined selection by Johann L. Von Mosheim and Arthur P.
Arianism and the First Nicene Council – 6
And now come two, who in the common pictures of the council always appear together, of whom the one probably left the deepest impression on his
Arianism and the First Nicene Council – 5
From Neocæsarea, a border fortress on the Euphrates, came its confessor bishop, Paul, who, like Paphnutius and Potammon, had suffered in the