29. King Alfred the Great versus the Viking, The Alfred Jewel

This week Neil takes us back in time to meet a king who stopped the Vikings in their tracks.Sitting in the Ashmolean museum in Oxford is a precious golden artefact called the Alfred Jewel, which is over a thousand years old and inscribed with the words, ‘Alfred ordered me made’. This jeweller’s masterpiece tells us so much about the man who commissioned it – King Alfred the Great - a ruler whose actions had a profound effect on shaping the British IslesCheck out, NEIL OLIVER LOVE LETTER – the series INSTAGRAM account Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.