Alfred the Great, Part 3: A Chat with Professor Ryan Lavelle

'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages - A podcast by Richard Abels

Send us a textIn our third and final episode of the series, Richard talks with Professor Ryan Lavelle of the University of Winchester in the U.K. about Alfred the Great. Dr. Lavelle is a leading expert on Anglo-Saxon and Viking warfare. He is also the historical consultant for the BBC/Netflix television series "The Last Kingdom," based on the Saxon Chronicle novels of Bernard Cornwell. In this episode, Richard again poses the question whether Alfred deserves to be called "the Great." He and D...