41. In 2009, Merkle wrote " The White Horse King : The Life of Alfred the Great ". 42. Alfred the Great had a number of passages of the Bible circulated in the vernacular in around 900.43. The use of the word " borough " probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great . 44. In 892, when southern England was united under Alfred the Great , Kent was on the brink of disaster. 45. In 886, Alfred the Great retook London, which he apparently regarded as a turning point in his reign. 46. He even went so far as to equate him with Asser in the court of Alfred the Great . 47. A contemporary and friend of Alfred the Great , he was a significant translator, from Latin into Old English. 48. The invasions during the reign of King Alfred the Great created a disruption in the manuscript production in England. 49. By the 880s Wessex had gained control of at least part of Cornwall, where Alfred the Great had estates. 50. In 2008 the skeleton of Queen Eadgyth, granddaughter of Alfred the Great was found in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.
