By the spring of 878,
Alfred had managed to piece together
an improvised alliance of resistance.
And at King Egbert's stone on the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset,
near the site of this 19th-century folly built to celebrate it,
he took command of an army
which two days later,
fought and defeated Guthrum's Vikings.
Alfred's victory was a holding operation,
forcing the Vikings to settle for less than half the country.
But when in 886 Alfred entered London,
rebuilt over the old Roman site,
something of a deep significance did happen.
He was acclaimed as the sovereign lord
of all the English people not under subjection to the Danes.
So it appears that during Alfred's lifetime
the idea of a united English kingdom
had become conceivable
and even desirable.
🎵
LRC歌词版本
[00:00.889]By the spring of 878,
[00:02.522]Alfred had managed to piece together
[00:04.270]an improvised alliance of resistance.
[00:07.022]And at King Egbert's stone on the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset,
[00:11.262]near the site of this 19th-century folly built to celebrate it,
[00:14.772]he took command of an army
[00:16.272]which two days later,
[00:17.771]fought and defeated Guthrum's Vikings.
[00:27.271]Alfred's victory was a holding operation,
[00:28.771]forcing the Vikings to settle for less than half the country.
[00:34.272]But when in 886 Alfred entered London,
[00:38.011]rebuilt over the old Roman site,
[00:40.521]something of a deep significance did happen.
[00:44.272]He was acclaimed as the sovereign lord
[00:47.271]of all the English people not under subjection to the Danes.
[00:51.019]So it appears that during Alfred's lifetime
[00:54.688]the idea of a united English kingdom
[00:56.939]had become conceivable
[00:58.688]and even desirable.
By the spring of 878,
Alfred had managed to piece together
an improvised alliance of resistance.
And at King Egbert's stone on the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset,
near the site of this 19th-century folly built to celebrate it,
he took command of an army
which two days later,
fought and defeated Guthrum's Vikings.
Alfred's victory was a holding operation,
forcing the Vikings to settle for less than half the country.
But when in 886 Alfred entered London,
rebuilt over the old Roman site,
something of a deep significance did happen.
He was acclaimed as the sovereign lord
of all the English people not under subjection to the Danes.
So it appears that during Alfred's lifetime
the idea of a united English kingdom
had become conceivable
and even desirable.
🎵
LRC歌词版本
[00:00.889]By the spring of 878,
[00:02.522]Alfred had managed to piece together
[00:04.270]an improvised alliance of resistance.
[00:07.022]And at King Egbert's stone on the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset,
[00:11.262]near the site of this 19th-century folly built to celebrate it,
[00:14.772]he took command of an army
[00:16.272]which two days later,
[00:17.771]fought and defeated Guthrum's Vikings.
[00:27.271]Alfred's victory was a holding operation,
[00:28.771]forcing the Vikings to settle for less than half the country.
[00:34.272]But when in 886 Alfred entered London,
[00:38.011]rebuilt over the old Roman site,
[00:40.521]something of a deep significance did happen.
[00:44.272]He was acclaimed as the sovereign lord
[00:47.271]of all the English people not under subjection to the Danes.
[00:51.019]So it appears that during Alfred's lifetime
[00:54.688]the idea of a united English kingdom
[00:56.939]had become conceivable
[00:58.688]and even desirable.