| 41. | In 2009, Merkle wrote " The White Horse King : The Life of Alfred the Great ".
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| 42. | Alfred the Great had a number of passages of the Bible circulated in the vernacular in around 900.
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| 43. | The use of the word " borough " probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great.
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| 44. | In 892, when southern England was united under Alfred the Great, Kent was on the brink of disaster.
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| 45. | In 886, Alfred the Great retook London, which he apparently regarded as a turning point in his reign.
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| 46. | He even went so far as to equate him with Asser in the court of Alfred the Great.
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| 47. | A contemporary and friend of Alfred the Great, he was a significant translator, from Latin into Old English.
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| 48. | The invasions during the reign of King Alfred the Great created a disruption in the manuscript production in England.
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| 49. | By the 880s Wessex had gained control of at least part of Cornwall, where Alfred the Great had estates.
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| 50. | In 2008 the skeleton of Queen Eadgyth, granddaughter of Alfred the Great was found in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.
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