Over twelve hundred years ago, the vacuum left in Briton by the departing Romans in the early 5th century, had already been filled by the arrival of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, now christian they lived in several distinct kingdoms that spanned the length and breadth of what we now know as England. However, life in each of Englands separate kingdoms was quickly turned upside down with the arrival of a race of people hell bent at first on just raiding and stealing, but eventually had designs on far more - outright conquest! Chroniclers of the day penned a name for this fearsome beast, referring to it as - The Great Heathen Army.
After conquering all before them one kingdom stood alone in the fight - Wessex. For it is at this time we can see how a christian England stood on the precipice of total subjugation at the hands of a Viking pagan army. However, one young and inexperienced king that stood in their way, and in doing so he faced a monumental battle to stop the fragile, flickering flame of an Anglo Saxon led England being snuffed out once and for all - this kings name - Alfred the Great.
Chapters :-
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Background
10:43 To Raid or Conquer
20:10 Foray into Mercia
22:58 Marriage
24:19 Beast on the Move
26:31 All Eyes on Wessex
38:37 Lull Before the Storm
42:08 Second Assault
49:59 Hiding in the Marshes
56:00 The Battle of Edington
1:10:22 End of GHA
1:19:26 A New Kingdom
1:25:34 Conclusion
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