ELD4873568: King of Wessex Alfred the Great (846-899) on horseback on the bank of the River Lea twenty miles up the Thames from London where he planned the capture of the invading Danish fleet, 892 Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4873740: High Priest Coifi destroys the idols of the Paian temple of Goodmanham when King Edwin of Northumbria converted to Christianity, circa 625 (High priest Coifi (Cofi) profanes the temple of the idols by calling for horse and a spear (both forbidden to him by heathen law) and hurling the spear into the temple - ordering that it be destroyed by fire This act was done after Edwin, a King of the Bretwalda (Northumbria) declared in favour of embracing Christianity, 627 AD) Illustration from “” A Chronicle of England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images