#King Alfred The Great

[revvlation]

getting thirsty over a sick ruler in a historical movie is in every hot girl's list

[w1ckedgal]

[dabiconcordia]

“Go then, there are other worlds than these.” ― Stephen King

[dreamconsumer]

Osburh reading to her son Alfred by Frances Brundage.

[bipunkharrington]

I got Crusader Kings III and am playing King Alfred the Great and it makes me so happy that he's still alive currently, 19 years after his real-life death and the King of England and Wales (with almost all the de jure land).

He is not long for this world so sadly it will probably be his heir (his grandson, because he's lives so long that his oldest son went and died aged 50 waiting to take over 😅) that attempts to bring Scotland and/or Ireland into the fold.

[daviddawsonfangroup]

The King standing at the foot of the King...

[patrick47]

Aethelgifu, The Teenage Abbess: A Peak Inside The Walls Of The Shaftesbury Abbey

[Gold Hill, Shafesbury] Silence isn’t empty, it’s full of answers. It was a chilly day, this fourth day of October. Chilly and windy. Mariam and I had just had a very enjoyable lunch with a former student of mine, Sally, and her husband, Matthew. Sally was in my Geography class when I had the joy of being an exchange teacher at a school in southern Dorset. It was 1984-85 and after a decade or…

[i-did-not-mean-to]

@errruvande Well that fucked me up good and proper!

righting wrongs

summary: Set after season 4. Alfred the Great is sent back one last time in the dead of night to visit four very important people.

a/n: so this started originally as a dumb idea but somehow spiralled into a 4000-word oneshot, i hope u all enjoy <3

tagging: @minimartian @sihtric @othermoony @geekandbooknerd @lauwrite1225 @maggiescarborough @beowulfsdottir

“My England… my love.”

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[emvidal]

"The story says he took refuge in Athelney, Somerset, where a swineherd's wife left him to watch the loaves cooking beside the fire. But Alfred was distracted by thinking hard about his fate and about how to fight back – and the loaves burned. The woman reproved him, not realising he was the King." The English used the story to mark a turning point in his life. "Whether or not the legend is true, Athelney was of massive significance to Alfred," explained Prof McTurk. "He built a fort, rallied his troops and from this point onwards did much better against the Vikings."

[hikaruchen]

I shine only with the light you gave me. — The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives

INPRNT

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This is a recreation of The Meeting on the Turret Stairs (1864) by Frederic William Burton. Credit to the wonderful @soulhollow for giving me the brilliant idea and commissioning this 💚

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The costume design for Alfred

They said they wanted to see Alfred in purple/gold tones, so I self-indulgently designed a costume for Alfred (though again not necessarily trying to be historical accurate)

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Details for archaeology nerds (So it happens again I guess)

1. The tablet-woven bend

Design is loosely taken from an actual archaeological find from the Taplow Barrow in Buckinghamsire, dating to the early 7th century. The original piece really had the gold threads on it by the way. You can see the modern reconstruction here.

2. Pattern on the tunic

Taken from a part of an arcade illustration in the Royal Bible (Royal 1. E. vi, 4r.) c. 1000-1025 in British Library, London. Added some vine patterns that are quite common to see in insular art for reasons.

3. Pattern on the shawl

Taken from a part of the stole and the maniple in St. Cuthbert’s coffin, dated to early 10th century, now in Durham Cathedral Museum.

4. Embroidery on Alfred’s sleeves

The pattern is from an illustration in the manuscript of Bede’s Life of St Cuthbert (MS 183, f. 1v) c. 937 in Parker Library, Cambridge, which depicts King Æthelstan showing the book to St Cuthbert himself.

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The process

Such a pleasure to work on this one! Thank you again for giving me the chance✨

[medievalandfantasymelee]

Yesterday was Father's day. And I was a bit busy. So belatedly, I'd like to wish a Happy Father's Day to the wonderful DILFs of our tournament! They're not all good men (hell they're not all good fathers) but they are all HOT.

[whitedarkmoonflower]

Alfred's Dream of England // Day 6 // Scenery The Last Kingdom // Season 1 // How it all began...

[illustratus]

Elaine, the Lily Maid of Astolat by Sophie Gengembre Anderson

[errruvande]

he has flowers on his belt...

HE HAS FLOWERS ON HIS BELT

[lord-aldhelm]

"Alfred's Dream of England" - Day 1: Favorite Scene

🡢 King Alfred's Coronation | The Last Kingdom 1.03

[lllostgirlll]

if i had a nickel for every time i’ve fallen in love with an ancient/ medieval king who succumbed to his illness early in life, i’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.