Why Was The King Alfred Called The Great

Throughout the history of each country of the world, it is found heroes for the actions or decisions they took during difficult times in their nations. Some of them had won wars, had fought against invaders or just defended their people. In Mexico, for example, Benito Juarez became one of the truly great men for Mexicans, during his term as president; he successfully defended his nation against the French monarchist under Emperor Maximilian I. The same situation was in England with Alfred “The Great”, who became king in 871 until his death in 899. From the 16th century, The King Alfred was known as ‘The Great’ and it was no more than for defending his kingdom. For that reason and more, in the following lines, it will be described why he was called know by his sobriquet “The Great”.
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Alfred had a strong belief in the importance of education. After the Vikings destroyed the monasteries, the religion and education were falling down but even though this event happened, The King Alfred tried to improve literacy and Christianity to his subjects. He was a devout Christian, even though he did not have the opportunity to acquire the education he sought during his childhood, he had the passion of learning. To improve literacy, he learned Latin by himself and with the help
In 878, the Danes, seized Chippenham in Wiltshire and used this land as a secure base to devastate Wessex; however, as a clever chief, Alfred enhanced his strategy and adopted his opponents’ plan by building a protected based in Athelney in the Somerset marshes and summoned a mobile army of men from Wiltshire and Hampshire to fight against the Danes at the battle of Edington. He reorganized his army, he built well-defended settlements. Also, He built up the defenses of his kingdom to ensure of not being threatened again, finally, he established a navy in the coast to fight against the Danish who continued to harass his