This ruler devised a system of forts called the Burghal Hidage, and duringa visit to Rome at age five this ruler was symbolically crowned by Pope Leo IV.
This ruler devised a system of forts called the Burghal Hidage, and duringa visit to Rome at age five this ruler was symbolically crowned by Pope Leo IV. This ruler translated the Consolation of Philosophy of Boethius, and he led the army of his brother King Ethelred at the Battle of Ashdown. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle was started during the reign of this early king of Wessex. For 10 points, identify this king in the late 9th century whose defense of England against the Vikings led him to be dubbed "the Great."
This ruler devised a system of forts called the Burghal Hidage, and duringa visit to Rome at age five this ruler was symbolically crowned by Pope Leo IV.
{Alfred} the Great