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CHAPTER VI.
FROM THE DEATH OF ALFRED TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
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CANUTE AND HIS COURTIERS.
1. Alfred was succeeded by his son Edward, who was a very good king, though not so clever as his father. He built walls round a great
