alfred the great

  1. Alfred the great Turns Danelaw into Crownland

    what if Alfred the great and his successors annex their conquests in Danelaw as crownland turning england into a centralized state ?
  2. Odinson

    Wessex falls to the Great Heathen Army : Affects of a Scandinavian dominated England?

    Historically, in 878 AD, the Great Heathen Army under the command of Guthrum, a Viking leader who would go on to become king of East Anglia, attacked Chippenham in early January. Alfred the Great narrowly escaped the city with his family and fled to Athelney where he would rebuild his strength...

  3. WI: Æthelred I survives

    What if Alfred the Great's older brother, Æthelred I, had survived, rather than dying in 871? How might it have affected the conflict with the Great Heathen Army?
  4. Eivind

    The forces of Guthrum wins at Edington (878)

    What could be some short- and long-term scenarios for South-Britain following a Danish victory at the battle of Edington?
  5. WotanArgead

    DBWI: The defeat of the Great Heathen Army in the Battle of Ashdown.

    As many know, in 871 the Wessex troops were defeated by the army of Halfdan Ragnarson, Bagseg, and the Five Jarls. It is known that the young Alfred was waiting for his brother Ethelred Pious, who wanted to finish the mass. What would have happened if Ethelred had decided to immediately oppose...
  6. Eivind

    WI:Danish victory at the battle of Edington?

    If the Danes had won the battle of Edington, would Wessex have been part of Guthrums kingdom?
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