29. King Alfred the Great versus the Viking, The Alfred Jewel
Neil Oliver's Love Letter To The British Isles
December 8, 2020
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Episode 29 · December 8, 2020
29. King Alfred the Great versus the Viking, The Alfred Jewel
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<p>This week Neil takes us back in time to meet a king who stopped the Vikings in their tracks.</p><br /><p>Sitting in the Ashmolean museum in Oxford is a precious golden artefact called the Alfred Jewel, which is over a thousand years old and inscribed with the words, ‘Alfred ordered me made’. This jeweller’s masterpiece tells us so much about the man who commissioned it – King Alfred the Great - a ruler whose actions had a profound effect on shaping the British Isles</p><br /><p>Check out, NEIL OLIVER LOVE LETTER – the series INSTAGRAM account</p><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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