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Why Is Alfred the Great "the great" ?

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Why Is Alfred the Great "the great" and why does he deserve this title

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  1. Because he saved the country from various northern European heathen invaders.


  2. because he kicked peoples **** that were trying to invade and take over Britain!!, to bad he aint around today!

  3. Alfred is noted for his defence of the kingdom against the Danish Vikings, becoming the only English King to be awarded the epithet "the Great." After the dispersal of the Danish invaders, Alfred turned his attention to the increase of the navy, partly to repress the ravages of the Northumbrian and East Anglian Danes on the coasts of Wessex, and to prevent the landing of fresh invaders.

    By stopping the Viking advance and consolidating his territorial gains, Alfred had started the process by which his successors eventually extended their power over the other Anglo-Saxon kings; the ultimate unification of Anglo-Saxon England was to be led by Wessex.

    It is for his valiant defence of his kingdom against a stronger enemy, for securing peace with the Vikings and for his farsighted reforms in the reconstruction of Wessex and beyond, that Alfred - alone of all the English kings and queens - is known as 'the Great'.

  4. He fostered learning in what was generally a Dark Age, and he kept the Danes from ravaging England.  (Admittedly, he did the latter by giving them a part of England as their own, but the price was that they became Christians.)

  5. He was the first de facto King of England. He was a great military commander who saw off the Danelaw and went about uniting the kingdoms.

  6. WELL TO START WITH HE NEVER STYLED HIMSELF AS THE GREAT I BELIEVE IT WAS MEDIEVAL TIMES IN WHICH ALFRED BECAME THE GREAT. BASICALLY HE SAW OFF INVASIONS FROM THE DANES WITH THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE ARMY. IT WAS NT JUST HIS MILITARY LIFE THAT EARNED HIM THE TITLE OF THE GREAT IT WAS ALSO DUE TO REFORMS THAT HE MADE POLITICALLY ALL IN ALL ALFRED WAS A GREAT MILITARY LEADER AND ALL ROUND GREAT MONARCH
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