Alfred the Great
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ATHELNEY.
" Behold a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in Judgment. Aiida man shall be as an hiding-place from the ivind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shado7v of a great rock in a weary land. " At first sight it seems hard to account for the sudden and complete collapse of the West Saxon power in January 878. In the campaign of the last year Alfred had been successful on the whole, both by sea and land. He had cleared the soil... of Wessex from the enemy, and had reduced the pagan leaders to sue humbly for terms, and to give whatever hostages he demanded. Yet three months later the simple cross- ing the Avon and taking of Chippenham is enough, if we can believe the chroniclers, to paralyse the whole kingdom, and to leave Alfred a fugitive, hiding in Selwood Forest, with a mere handful of followers and his own family. But there is no doubt or dis- crepancy in the accounts. The Saxon Chronicle says, in its short clear style, that the army stole away to Chippenham during mid-winter, after Twelfth-night, and sat down there ; " and many of the people they drove beyond the sea, and of the rest the greater part A THELNE V.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
ATHELNEY.
" Behold a King shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in Judgment. Aiida man shall be as an hiding-place from the ivind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shado7v of a great rock in a weary land. " At first sight it seems hard to account for the sudden and complete collapse of the West Saxon power in January 878. In the campaign of the last year Alfred had been successful on the whole, both by sea and land. He had cleared the soil... of Wessex from the enemy, and had reduced the pagan leaders to sue humbly for terms, and to give whatever hostages he demanded. Yet three months later the simple cross- ing the Avon and taking of Chippenham is enough, if we can believe the chroniclers, to paralyse the whole kingdom, and to leave Alfred a fugitive, hiding in Selwood Forest, with a mere handful of followers and his own family. But there is no doubt or dis- crepancy in the accounts. The Saxon Chronicle says, in its short clear style, that the army stole away to Chippenham during mid-winter, after Twelfth-night, and sat down there ; " and many of the people they drove beyond the sea, and of the rest the greater part A THELNE V.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Hughes Thomas to read onlineMoreLess
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