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There was reference to the last Saxon King - king Harold, and perhaps King Alfred was mentioned in passing, but it seems English primary school history lessons treat the Saxon kings somewhat harshly. What do others think?

I researched for two days on this and came up blank for the "most part". I don’t normally spend so much time on "two" points. What did seem apparent is that this was an oppressed time for the English. I offer a few links below that may assist in determining in your own mind that this oppression was not accepted well and therefore a time that would like to be forgotten by as many Englishmen as possible. I agree that history should be honest and true, but often time history is written by those who are either victorious in war, or have a power over the masses. Hopefully I helped somewhat. Good luck!… ☺

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1. Curious_Yank_in_South_Korea Says:
   April 5th, 2010 at 3:02 am

   I researched for two days on this and came up blank for the "most part". I don’t normally spend so much time on "two" points. What did seem apparent is that this was an oppressed time for the English. I offer a few links below that may assist in determining in your own mind that this oppression was not accepted well and therefore a time that would like to be forgotten by as many Englishmen as possible. I agree that history should be honest and true, but often time history is written by those who are either victorious in war, or have a power over the masses. Hopefully I helped somewhat. Good luck!… ☺
   References :
   http://omacl.org/Anglo/part6.html

   http://www.red1st.com/axholme/getperson.php?personID=I1748534416&tree=Axholme

   http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkjtaybJLQfoAh8hXNyoA?p=Saxon+Kings+harshly+regarded+by+England&fr2=sb-top&sao=1

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Martyr

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