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Achilles Attacks Troilus and Polyxena at the Well  

The replies to some of it, made me go WTF.

Things like “So Alfred’s not dead?” “I’m so glad Alfred is alive.” Things like that.

Vikings fandom, I know some of you think the Vikings are all-powerful etc, but the Vikings are not killing Alfred. ALFRED DROVE THE VIKINGS OUT OF ENGLAND, not the other way around.  I know Hirst has no common sense, but he’s not going to alter the history of the entire Vikings Age.

I get some people aren’t History people, but if you’re watching a Historical drama, it would probably be a good idea, to at least understand it, and understand that Alfred was the driving force of DRIVING THEM OUT, CONFINING THEM TO DANELAGH, OR THEY HAD TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.  

Did the treaty hold? No. The Vikings of course, eventually came back and tried again. But once again, they ultimately were defeated by the Saxons, under Alfred the Great. His name is Alfred the Great, for a reason.  In 896 of 897, they gave up.  Some did retire to Northumbria, some to East Anglia, and those with no connection to England, retired back to the continent. 

I’m trying to educate, not be lecturing.  Just please remember, that Alfred was not just another English King. He was the first King that styled himself even, as King of the Anglo Saxons. He did so much than just the Vikings thing too. He created common law, did all sorts of things. 

The Danes gave him hell, but they didn’t kill him.  I get a lot of fans like to think they’re superior, but at the end of the day, they were driven out of England by Alfred, who is pivotal.