The Story Of Alfred The Great
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The Story Of Alfred The Great
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Author : Walter Hawkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
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Alfred The Great
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Author : David Sturdy
language : en
Publisher: Constable & Robinson
Release Date : 1995
Alfred The Great written by David Sturdy and has been published by Constable & Robinson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Whole Works Of King Alfred The Great With Preliminary Essays Illustrative Of The History Arts And Manners Of The Ninth Century
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Author : Alfred (King of England)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
The Whole Works Of King Alfred The Great With Preliminary Essays Illustrative Of The History Arts And Manners Of The Ninth Century written by Alfred (King of England) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Great Britain categories.
The Story Of Alfred The Great
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Author : Walter Hawkisn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-07
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Alfred The Great
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Author : Eleanor Shipley Duckett
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2014-12-10
Alfred The Great written by Eleanor Shipley Duckett and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the author of The Gateway to the Middle Ages, “a fascinating portrait of an enlightened monarch against a background of darkness and ignorance” (Kirkus Reviews). Filled with drama and action, here is the story of the ninth-century life and times of Alfred—warrior, conqueror, lawmaker, scholar, and the only king whom England has ever called “The Great.” Based on up-to-date information on ninth-century history, geography, philosophy, literature, and social life, it vividly presents exciting views of Alfred in every stage of his long career and leaves the reader with a sharply etched picture of the world of the Middle Ages.
King Alfred The Great
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Author : Alfred P. Smyth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
King Alfred The Great written by Alfred P. Smyth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Soldier, statesman, and scholar, Alfred the Great was a fascinating and highly successful king, pushing back the Vikings to command what is now thought of as the heart of England as ruler of Wessex from 871-899. In this, the first major biography of King Alfred since 1902, his life, career and enduring legacy are given a radical new interpretation, putting into question most of our assumptions about this singular monarch. Alfred P. Smyth's portrait of King Alfred rejects the image of a neurotic and invalid king who supposedly remained a pious illiterate until he was almost 40. Instead, we are shown a man of remarkable energy and intelligence who took necessary steps to defend his people from the Norsemen. We see, too, a king who had been a scholar all his life and who used his great knowledge to bolster the powers of his own kingship. Smyth also provides a detailed examination of the much-disputed medieval biography of King Alfred, attributed to the King's tutor, Asser. Alfred Smyth argues that Asser's Life may, in fact, have been a late medieval forgery--a revelation with profound implications for our understanding of the whole of Anglo-Saxon history. Smyth's King Alfred also contains major studies on the writings of this gifted king, on the controversial charters of his reign, and on the origins of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. (Smyth shows this work to have been much more closely connected with the court of King Alfred than previously realized and suggests a new date for the completion of the earliest Alfredian section of the Chronicle.) A monumental and intriguing work of historical scholarship, King Alfred the Great will dramatically change the way we understand this early period of western civilization.
Alfred The Great
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Author : Richard Abels
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-26
Alfred The Great written by Richard Abels and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-26 with History categories.
This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord, an effective and inventive ruler, and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance. Alfred's victories on the battlefield and his sweeping administrative innovations not only preserved his native Wessex from viking conquest, but began the process of political consolidation that would culminate in the creation of the kingdom of England. Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England strips away the varnish of later interpretations to recover the historical Alfredpragmatic, generous, brutal, pious, scholarly within the context of his own age.
The White Horse King
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Author : Benjamin Merkle
language : en
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Release Date : 2009-11-02
The White Horse King written by Benjamin Merkle and has been published by HarperChristian + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-02 with History categories.
The unlikely king who saved England. Down swept the Vikings from the frigid North. Across the English coastlands and countryside they raided, torched, murdered, and destroyed all in their path. Farmers, monks, and soldiers all fell bloody under the Viking sword, hammer, and axe. Then, when the hour was most desperate, came an unlikely hero. King Alfred rallied the battered and bedraggled kingdoms of Britain and after decades of plotting, praying, and persisting, finally triumphed over the invaders. Alfred's victory reverberates to this day: He sparked a literary renaissance, restructured Britain's roadways, revised the legal codes, and revived Christian learning and worship. It was Alfred's accomplishments that laid the groundwork for Britian's later glories and triumphs in literature, liturgy, and liberty. "Ben Merkle tells the sort of mythic adventure story that stirs the imagination and races the heart?and all the more so knowing that it is altogether true!" ?George Grant, author of The Last Crusader and The Blood of the Moon
Makers Of History
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Author : Jacob Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Makers Of History written by Jacob Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Great Britain categories.
Alfred The Great
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Author : Frederic Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-21
Alfred The Great written by Frederic Harrison and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-21 with History categories.
Excerpt from Alfred the Great: Containing Chapters on His Life and Times It may seem strange to some readers that by chance no full account is given of Asser's anecdote of the scene between the king and the herdswoman in the Isle of Athelney, where he took refuge, but as the story is known to all, its omission may perhaps be-pardoned; it is certainly not due to any lack of interest in the story, which seems so strikingly to show that at times, maybe when the king was resting or sitting by the fire mending his bows and weapons, he would become absorbed in the one thought foremost in his mind - that of the welfare of his country and people, then sorely harassed and oppressed by the Danes, and so neglected the homely duty that was present. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.