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Summary of Reasons Why Alfred Really Is the
Great
1. An exceptional military leader but also astute.
2. He saved us and the Christian church from Viking invasion.
3. His vision: building burhs and other infrastructure.
4. His vision: improving literacy and promoting learning & the arts.
5. He promoted the use of the vernacular Anglo Saxon English.
6. He overcame his own personal health and spiritual challenges.
7. He founded the first unbroken line of kings to rule the whole of England.
