The Chronicle was published soon after Alfred was proclaimed King of all Anglo-Saxons rather than just King of Wessex. Alfred now had effective overlordship of the remaining Anglo-Saxons arrayed ...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle close Anglo-Saxon ChronicleA collection of manuscripts written while Alfred the Great was king, detailing useful information about life in Anglo-Saxon England.

Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ‘King of ...