Long term significance

• Who’s Alfred’s son, who defeated the vikings at Brunanburh? What year?
• Who’s Alfred’s grandson, whom defeated the vikings in a battle?

  Athelstan
• Who was the first king to rule whole of England?

  Athelstan, around 927
• Where was the battle and when were the vikings defeated?

  In 937, in Brunanburh
• Who became King in 959?


  Edgar the peaceful, Alfred’s great-grandson
• Which common language influences our English today and why?

  Latin, Alfred encouraged young boys to translate from Latin to English
• How did the English identity began?


  Anglos called themselves, ‘Angelcynn’ under Alfred’s rule
• What influenced our system today?


  Unified legal system, which was shared