{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The King Alfred Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/king-alfred.com\/wp","author_name":"paul","author_url":"https:\/\/king-alfred.com\/wp\/author\/paul\/","title":"Saxon Kent and King Alfred. Part 1: Maidstone - The King Alfred Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QqHelwBomk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/king-alfred.com\/wp\/2018\/07\/13\/maidstone\/\">Saxon Kent and King Alfred. Part 1: Maidstone<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/king-alfred.com\/wp\/2018\/07\/13\/maidstone\/embed\/#?secret=QqHelwBomk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Saxon Kent and King Alfred. Part 1: Maidstone&#8221; &#8212; The King Alfred Blog\" data-secret=\"QqHelwBomk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/king-alfred.com\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"This post is adapted from my book, King Alfred: A Man on the Move, available from Amazon. In 892 &nbsp;a Viking force of 250 ships sailed from Boulogne to the south coast of Kent and in the same year another Viking force of 80 ships came to the north coast of Kent. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle &hellip; Continue reading \"\"","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/king-alfred.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_3140-1024x714.jpg"}