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By the spring of 878, Alfred had managed to piece together an improvised alliance of resistance. And at King Egbert' s stone on the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset, near the site of this 19thcentury folly built to celebrate it, he took command of an army which two days later, fought and defeated Guthrum' s Vikings. Alfred' s victory was a holding operation, forcing the Vikings to settle for less than half the country. But when in 886 Alfred entered London, rebuilt over the old Roman site, something of a deep significance did happen. He was acclaimed as the sovereign lord of all the English people not under subjection to the Danes. So it appears that during Alfred' s lifetime the idea of a united English kingdom had become conceivable and even desirable. |
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878 nián chūn, ā ěr fú léi dé pīn còu huì jí le yī zhī lín shí yù dí lián méng, zài wēi ěr tè jùn yǔ sà mò sāi tè jùn jiāo jiè chù de āi gé bó tè guó wáng xiàng, zhè gè 19 shì jì wèi huān qìng shèng lì ér jiàn, què jí fù fěng cì yì yì de diāo xiàng fù jìn. tā zhǐ huī zhe zhè zhī bù duì, liǎng tiān hòu, dà bài gé sī lǔ mǔ suǒ lǜ de wéi jīng hǎi dào, ā ěr fú léi dé cǐ zhàn gào jié, zhǐ néng wéi chí xiàn zhuàng, pò shǐ wéi jīng hǎi dào ān yú bàn bì jiāng shān. 885 nián dān mài rén sī huǐ le hé píng xié yì yǔ yīng gé lán zài cì jiāo zhàn, yīng dà huò quán shèng, ā ěr fú léi dé de jūn duì shōu fù le lún dūn, dān mài rén tuì jū yīng gé lán běi bù de dān mài qū. ér dāng 886 nián ā ěr fú léi dé jìn zhù lún dūn, zài luó mǎ jiù zhǐ shàng chóng jiàn dū chéng shí, fā shēng le yī jiàn jù yǒu lì shǐ xìng yì yì de shì, tā bèi zūn wèi zhì gāo wú shàng de wáng, suǒ yǒu bù zài dān mài rén guǎn xiá nèi de yīng gé lán rén de wáng. yīn cǐ, sì hū zài ā ěr fú léi dé de yǒu shēng zhī nián, jiàn lì tǒng yī de yīng gé lán wáng guó, bù jǐn bù zài shì mèng xiǎng, hái chéng wéi le mín xīn suǒ xiàng. |