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The big picture

The big picture

Timeline showing key turning points from Alfred's accession in 871 to Cnut's kingship in 1016, divided into Wessex survives, English kingdom expands, and Danish conquest returns

Before Alfred, England was not a single stable kingdom. Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria and East Anglia competed, while Viking conquest destroyed or dominated several of them.

Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level History Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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