How to pronounce “wessex” in English

And then it's taken after that to a church council, and you can see there that the bishops of the whole countryalso acknowledge this agreement between Canterbury and Wessex.So that's in effect-- it's 838-- it's symbolic of this great turn which establishes the special relationship between Canterbury

And Alfred is well remembered in history as the West Saxon king who is really responsible for stoppingthat Viking onslaught and maintaining the power of Wessex and starting to rebuild the power of Wessex.Towards the end of his reign, there comes this period of relative peace and prosperity in Wessex, and Alfred is able to shift his attention to something

And the bigger aspect is just everything that was going on culturally around you guys.We went in this studio, Wessex Studio in Islington.

which we'll see. OK.So we're looking at this shift in the balance of power to the kingdom of Wessex.And this is where we first really hear of one of the major achievements, if you like, of that West Saxon dynasty.

that Viking onslaught and maintaining the power of Wessex and starting to rebuild the power of Wessex.Towards the end of his reign, there comes this period of relative peace and prosperity in Wessex, and Alfred is able to shift his attention to somethingthat he had always been interested in, which was learning.

- Yeah. Yeah, that... I could not agree more. There are some problems with,kingdoms in England, and the Vikings destroyed all but one. Only Wessex is preserved, and they've conquered about half of Wessex.

And the document itself is just a grant of land to a miscellaneous person, but you can see here's the King and all of his bishops.Here are all of the aldermen, the Dukes, the Earls of the kingdom coming from Wessex, coming from Kent, coming from northern England, eastern England.Some have weird names.