3 Comments
User's avatar
Garrett Thomas's avatar

I am hoping we will name our Anglican parish after Saint Alfred when we do finally plant. The man is growing on me

Expand full comment
Layne A. Jackson's avatar

What is your source for these highly detailed accounts of Alfred's life? I've read a few biographies and never gotten some of these stories you've shared

Expand full comment
Alexander d’Albini's avatar

Thanks for the comment. I use ‘In Search of Alfred the Great’ and Alfred the Great from Penguin Classics.

I am coming from a theological angle, so I pick up things historians miss because they don’t understand Anglo-Saxon Christian culture.

I’m also going through this pretty slowly. I want to get as much wisdom from his story as I can.

Expand full comment