He patronized scholars like Grimbald and John the Saxon. He also won an unl
He patronized scholars like Grimbald and John the Saxon. He also won an unlikely victory ending in the siege of Chippenham, which he concluded by signing the Treaty of Wedmore with Guthrum, allotting the Danish invaders the region of East Anglia. The legal code he promulgated suggests that a just government ought to doom everyone equally and was called the Dome Book. For 10 points, identify this king of Wessex, the first to consider himself king of all the English.
He patronized scholars like Grimbald and John the Saxon. He also won an unlikely victory ending in the siege of Chippenham, which he concluded by signing the Treaty of Wedmore with Guthrum, allotting the Danish invaders the region of East Anglia.
Alfred the Great