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This 3 page paper discusses the contributions of Alfred the Great, the first king of England, to language, education, religion and government. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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powerful in the world. This paper briefly discusses his positive impacts on government, religion, language and education. Discussion Government: Alfred was born in 849, the fifth son of Ethelwulf and
his queen Osburh; he came to the throne in 871, at the height of the West-Saxon and Mercian struggle against the invading Danes (Taaffe). By the end of that year,
Alfred had achieved a peace, probably by buying off the Danes (Taaffe). Wessex was peaceful for several years until the Danes attacked again in 875; further attacks followed in 876
and 877 and in 878 "came the great invasion under Guthrum" (Taaffe). The Danes were successful for several months, but Alfred finally defeated the invaders, and the kingdom knew peace
for 15 years (Taaffe). However, the Danes invaded yet again in 903 and were finally defeated for good four years later (Taaffe). This conflict resulted in the "final establishment of
Saxon supremacy" as well as destroying most individual kingdoms (Taaffe). Alfred "made Wessex a rallying point for all the Saxons and by freeing the country of the invaders unwittingly unified
England and prepared the way for the eventual supremacy of his successors" (Taaffe). Under Alfred, citizens for the first time began to think of themselves as belonging first to a
nation, not to a smaller kingdom. Religion: The Danish raids had heavily damaged the monasteries, but "Alfred reinvigorated them as centers of religion and education" (Somerville). When the Danes
destroyed them, they also destroyed the "intellectual fervor that had placed England in the forefront of European scholarship" ("English and Its Historical Development"). From this its easy to see how
closely entwined religion and education were at this time. Alfred "restored ruined monasteries and churches and established new ones" ("English and Its Historical Development"). Education: Alfred understood the need
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