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Alfredian Links

The Museum of London currently has an exhibition entitled Alfred, London's Forgotten King, which ends 9th January 2000

Medieval Sourcebook - The Anglo Saxon Chronicle on Alfred, at Fordham University

Alfred the Great page, part of the Western and Central European Chronology - at North Park University

The British Monarchy is a British government site about royalty, worth a look

Alfred the Great via time travel. A very different approach to history on the Web, using the X2 STARTRAC (Sub-Tectonic Atomic Radiation Time Rover and Astronomical Co-Ordinator), a lightweight body suit with time travelling capabilities

Ken Roberts did it first with his Alfred the Great page and his Alfred Jewel page

Alfred the Educator
In The Newsletter of Anglo-Saxon Studies at The University of Georgia

Asser's Life of King Alfred the Great at Berkeley

Trevor Barker's page showing pennies of Alfred the Great (pics and commentary)

The Alfred University, New York State, a whole university and surrounding town named after him

For Alfred 's laws, see The Laws of Alfred and Ine at Georgetown

An interesting and visually beautiful Alfred page can be found at the Battle1066 site

A clutch of religious pages Biography and Readings for King Alfred the Great from The Lectionary - A collection of Lectionary resources for the Episcopal Church Biographical sketches of Memorable Christians of the Past has a page on Alfred The patron saints index includes an entry for Alfred (not a saint, but he does have a feast day) the Catholic Encyclopedia includes an entry for Alfred

Anglo-Saxon Literature

There is a variety of A-S literature online. Those most relevant to Alfred are the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, and Asser's Life of Alfred. A more complete version of the Chronicle is available at Britania. For a bit of a change of pace, try the Electronic Beowulf

Anglo-Saxon History/Culture

There are some good sites out there, some catering to academia, and some to enthusiasts.

Professor C Ball has an excellent site of links and resources on her Old English Pages

Internet Resources for the Anglo Saxon World at Nottingham University, self explanatory

Angelcynn , a living history group, manage a large site on all things Anglo-Saxon, including an entry for Alfred

Regia Anglorum is another site of articles and resources, run by the living history society of that name

Two more useful links pages are at Our Anglo-Saxon Heritage and the Anglo Saxon Resource Page

Anglo-Saxon books

You will find a selection of Anglo-Saxon books on the bookshop page, courtesy of Amazon

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