The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great (35 page)

Meuse river,
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Middle-Earth,
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military reforms, Alfred’s consideration,
♣
–
♦

moats for cities,
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monasteries,
♣
,
♦

Viking raids on,
♣
–
♦

monks, decline of Christian zeal,
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mons fraxini
,
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Moselle river,
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Moulsford,
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Munin (“memory” raven),
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Muslim mosques, Hastein’s plundering,
♣
–
♦

myrcna hloefdige
,
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naval force of Wessex,
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Nehemiah (scriptures),
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Neot (monk),
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New Zealand, common law foundation,
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Nicodemus, Jesus’ words to,
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nobility, principles of,
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nobles of Wessex,
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betrayal of Alfred,
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school for children of,
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North Africa,
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“Northmen”,
♣
n

Northumbria,
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n
,
♦
,
♥

Danish army from,
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–
♦

fall of,
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Halfdan in,
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help for Hastein,
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invasion,
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lack of aid from,
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and oath for peace from Danish rulers,
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–
♦

puppet king removal,
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Viking move to,
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Nottingham,
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failed siege,
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,
♦

Viking capture,
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oath for peace,
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from Danish rulers,
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–
♦

oath-breaking penalties,
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prohibition,
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–
♦
oath-helpers,
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Odda (ealdorman of Devon),
♣
,
♦
,
♥

Odin (Norse god),
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sacrificing captive to,
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oestel,
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–
♦

Oise river,
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Old Saxony,
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Old Testament canon law,
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Osberht, civil war with Ælle,
♣
,
♦
–
♥

Osbern (Viking earl),
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Osburh (wife of Æthelwulf ),
♣
n
and Alfred’s birth,
♦

death,
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Oscetel,
♦

Oxford, Ashmolean

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum,
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–
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ox-horn lantern,
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Pakistan, common law foundation,
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Palm Sunday,
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Paris, siege,
♣
–
♦

Parrett river,
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Pastoral Care
(Gregory the Great),
♣
,
♦
,
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peace after Alfred’s victory over Guthrum,
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marriage to secure,
♣

“peace-weaver” (frithwebba),
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Pentecost,
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piles (disease),
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pilum (Roman spear),
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pious living,
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Plegmund,
♣

poetry, Anglo-Saxon,
♣
–
♦
n
,
♥

poisoning,
♣

poles (measurement),
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Poole Bay,
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Porchester, wall measurement,
♣

posse, to locate accused murderer,
♣
–
♦

Powys, alliance with Vikings,
♣
–
♦

priests, as military leaders,
♣
n

Protestant Reformation,
♣

Proverbs (scripture),
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Psalms (scriptures),
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translation from Latin,
♣
,
♦
–
♥

psychological warfare, of intimidation,
♣

Ragnar Lothbrok (Ragnar “Hairy Breeches”),
♣
–
♦
,
♥
sons,
♠

raiding parties, Alfred’s defense against,
♣
–
♦

raven,
♣

Reading,
♣
,
♦
,
♥

additional Viking ships arrival,
♣

Saxon assault on,
♣

Viking capture,
♣

reformed Anglican church,
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reforms.
See
Alfred the Great (king of Wessex) reforms

repentance, Alcuin’s call for,
♣

Repton,
♣

revenge killings,
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–
♦

Rheims,
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Rhine river,
♣

“ring-givers”,
♣
,
♦

ritual dance by Vikings before battle,
♣

rivers battles,
♣

benefits to Vikings,
♣

road system Alfred’s planning inside city walls,
♣
–
♦

from Roman Empire,
♣

between Wessex cities,
♣

Robin Hood,
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Rochester,
♣
,
♦

city walls refortification,
♣

siege,
♣
–
♦

Viking attack,
♣
–
♦

Roman Empire England under control,
♣
n

road system,
♣

ruins for defense foundations,
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Rome

Æthelwulf ’s pilgrimage,
♣
–
♦

Alfred’s pilgrimage to,
♣
–
♦

Burgred and Æthelswith in,
♣
–
♦

fortification,
♣
–
♦

Hastein in,
♣
–
♦

Rother river,
♣

safety, burhs defenses and,
♣

Saint Bertin (monastery),
♣

Viking attack,
♣

Saint David’s (monastery),
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Saint Edmund penny,
♣

Saint Maria church,
♣
n

Burgred in graveyard,
♣

Saint Martin’s Day,
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Saint Paul’s basilica,
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Saint Peter’s basilica,
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Saracen invaders in Rome,
♣
,
♦

sarsen stone,
♣
–
♦

sax,
♣

Saxons.
See also
Anglo-Saxons

English Channel crossing by,
♣
n

impact of loss of life in battle,
♣

life under Viking rule,
♣

Scheldt river,
♣

Schola Saxonium
,
♣
n
,
♦
,
♥
,
♠

schools, for Anglo-Saxon children,
♣

scop,
♣
–
♦
n

song of,
♣

scorched-earth tactic of ealdormen,
♣
–
♦

scribes,
♣

scriptures dangers from translating,
♣
–
♦

Hebrews,
♣

John,
♣

Matthew,
♣
,
♦
–
♥

Nehemiah,
♣

opportunities to study,
♣
–
♦

Proverbs,
♣

Psalms,
♣
,
♦
,
♥
–
♠

Ten Commandments,
♣

sea battle,
♣

Seine river,
♣
,
♦
,
♥

Selwood Forest,
♣

Severn river,
♣
,
♦

Shaftesbury (monastery),
♣

“shield boss”,
♣
–
♦

shields,
♣
,
♦
–
♥

shieldwall,
♣
–
♦

importance of holding formation,
♣

replacement of wounded on,
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Saxon at Bratton Camp,
♣
–
♦

success of,
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vulnerability to break,
♣

254 shipbulding, Alfred and,
♣
–
♦

shire fyrds, problems mobilizing,
♣

shire-moot,
♣

Shoebury,
♣

shorelines, need to defend,
♣

Sidroc (Viking earl),
♣
Sidroc the Elder (Viking earl),

Sidroc the Elder (Viking earl),
♣

Sidroc the Younger (Viking earl),
♣

silver pennies, Alfred’s order for,
♣

Snotengaham,
♣
n
.
See also
Nottingham

solar eclipse,
♣

Soliloquies
of Augustine,
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Somerset,
♣
,
♦
,
♥
,
♠

Somme river,
♣
,
♦

Spain,
♣

spears,
♣
,
♦

to attack shieldwall,
♣
–
♦
,
♥
–
♠

spiritual birth,
♣

starvation, Viking deaths from,
♣

Stour river,
♣

strake,
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Surrey,
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Sussex,
♣
n
,
♦

city walls refortification,
♣

Danish longboats in,
♣
–
♦
,
♥
–
♠

Swanage, shore of,
♣

Swinbeorg,
♣

swords,
♣
,
♦

in Edington battle,
♣

Tarrant river,
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taxes,
♣

for danegeld,
♣

Ten Commandments,
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terror from berserker bands,
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Thames river,
♣
,
♦
,
♥

as border between English and Viking territory,
♣

travel on,
♣

Thanet,
♣

thegns,
♣
,
♦

education,
♣
–
♦

vengeance,
♣

Thor, holy ring,
♣

thorn tree,
♣

and Ashdown battle location,
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Thorney island,
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throwing spear,
♣

thrusting spear,
♣
time, candles for tracking,

time, candles for tracking,
♣
–
♦

tithe, by Æthelwulf,
♣

Tone river,
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Torksey,
♣
–
♦

towns in Mercia, reorganization for defense,
♣
–
♦

Trent, canal to river Witham from,
♣
tun,
♦

Twelfth Night, Guthrum’s attack timed for,
♣

Ubbe,
♣
,
♦
,
♥

death,
♣

failed siege of Countisbury,
♣

flag of,
♣
–
♦

in Nottingham,
♣
,
♦

Ubbe Ragnarsson,
♣
Uffington Castle,
♦

underground French resistance,
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