Alfred Liberating the Family of Viking chieftain Hastings

Alfred Liberating the Family of Viking chieftain Hastings

by Henry Singleton (1766-1839)

Illustration to Bowyer’s edition of Hume’s ‘History of England’ 1798.

Alfred the Great  returns the captured family of the Viking chieftain Hastings, unscathed.

Alfred the Great (Old English:  Ælfrēd “elf counsel” 849-899) was from 871 King of the West Saxons, and about 886 from the Anglo-Saxons, King of Wessex. He was the youngest of the five sons of the late 858 West Saxon King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburga.

Victory against the Vikings 878. Alfred’s reign marked the beginning of the reconquest of the Viking English kingdom by the Anglo-Saxon kings.

See also:

• Alfred the Great. King of the West Saxons. The first English king.
• King Alfred’s Jewel, and the Ring of King Athelwulf.
• Norman Fashion Era. England Middle Ages 11th c.
• The Anglo-Saxon fashion and costume history. England c. 460 to 1066.
• The Battle of Hastings. The Norman Conquest, 11th c.
• The Norman conquest. A critical inquiry into ancient armour.
• Norman and Anglo-saxon costume period. Medieval England 1066-1154.
• England from 1154 to 1216. Anjou-Plantagenet ruling dynasty.
• Britannia Saxonica. Chronology of the Anglo-Saxons.
• Albion. Ancient Britons. Fashion History of England.
• Celtic relics, ornaments of gold and bronze. Spears, knives, and swords.
• Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw.