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Alfred the Great.
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Winston Churchill Section 1 Question 2 Winston Churchill, one of the greatest leaders in England's history, referred to Alfred the Great as the greatest Englishman ever. Churchill, and anyone else for that matter, has a very good point when they refer to him as such. King Alfred believed he needed three types of men to have a successful kingdom: men of war, men of prayer and men of work. Through war, prayer and educationing the working class, King Alfred successfully set the stage for the eventual unification of England 100 years after his death. This happened with the coronation of the first king of all England, King Edgar, at Bath Abbey. Born in Wantage, Berkshire in 849, Alfred was the fifth son of Aethelwulf, king of the West Saxons (CCG.XM 1). Since the 790s, the Vikings had been using mobile armies to raid the English coast and its inland waters. By this...
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