![]() ![]() Most importantly, he started a curriculum of education which he personally participated in. He transformed the defense of the realm, rebuilt his naval fleet, and overhauled the law codes. ![]() ![]() His great victory in 878 at Edington allowed for a period of relative calm so Alfred could begin a program of far reaching reform. Alfred managed to turn the Vikings away and set up conditions on the island for the unification of England. From the moment Alfred became King, Wessex was in a desperate struggle against the “heathen army”. On October 26, 899, Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, died. “Therefore a man never attains virtue and excellence through his power rather he attains power and authority through his virtue… Study wisdom, therefore, and when you have learned it, do not neglect it, for I say to you without hesitation that you can attain authority through wisdom”. ![]()
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