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King Alfred burning the cakes, 878 (c1900). Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes
Page of the Koran from Egypt, 9th centuryPage of the Koran, in squared kufic script, from Egypt, 9th century
Viking bronze brooch, c. 8th-11th centuryViking bronze brooch showing two snakes, from the Ashmolean museum, c.8th-11th century
St Matthew from the Book of Kells, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at the time of St Columba
Page from a copy of the Qur an, Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258), 9th century
Alfred the Great making a collection of Laws, 1773. Creator: Charles GrignionAlfred the Great making a collection of Laws, 1773. Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons c886-899, he improved the legal system, military structure, and general quality of life