How to pronounce “west saxon” in English

through the kingdom, not all of them, but key churches including the church at Winchester, the Old Minster at Winchester, which is, if you like,the West Saxon capital.And this book is, in fact, a charter.

The West Saxon kingdom was the last, if you like, the last kingdom standing after the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had been-- the dynasties had been taken out by Scandinavian armies.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.

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.This is a book associated directly with King Alfred himself.