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Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred Other Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred Other Contemporary Sources Penguin Classics Anonymous Simon Keynes Michael Lapidge on FREE shipping on qualifying offers This comprehensive collection includes Assers Life of Alfred extracts from The AngloSaxon Chronicle Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and Other The subtitle “Asser’s Life of King Alfred and other contemporary sources” is a great description of this book Along with Asser’s biography of King Alfred and an incredibly extensive amount of footnotes there are also translations of religious and philosophical books Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred Other Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred Other Contemporary Sources Summary Study Guide Description One of these monks was a Welsh priest named Asser Asser is most famous for his The Life of King Alfred written in 893 which is one of the first biographies of a ruler in English history It is also the source of most of contemporary historians knowledge of Alfreds life and rule Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and Other Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources Asser’s Life of King Alfred written in 893 is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings Composed by a monk of St David’s in Wales who became Bishop of Sherborne in Alfred’s service and worked with him in his efforts to revive 9780140444094 Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred Other Contemporary Sources Penguin Classics 9780140444094 by Anonymous and a great selection of similar New Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and Other Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources As King of Wessex Alfred strove to emulate those kings of the past who in his own words had succeeded both in warfare and in wisdom He led the battle against the Viking invaders of England and presided over the revival of religion and learning among his people His reputation is a measure of his success Analysis of Asser’s Alfred the Great Men Of The West In one sense Asser also hopes to show that just as Charlemagne was a Godappointed leader who transformed a culture so Alfred was such a man for the AngloSaxons and Welsh In fact the influence of contemporary biographies of Charlemagne was influential in the writing of Alfred’s story p 55 Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and other Alfred the Great Assers Life of King Alfred and other contemporary sources Title Alfred the Great Title remainder Assers Life of King Alfred and other contemporary sources Contributor Asser biskop af Sherborne Keynes Simon Lapidge Keynes Subject Electronic books AngloSaxons Biography Early works to 1800 Internet History Sourcebooks Project Medieval Sourcebook Assers Life of King Alfred In the same year also Carloman king of the East Franks while on a boarhuntwas so horribly bitten by a boar that he died His brother was Lewis who haddied the year before and who was also king of the Franks they were both sonsof Lewis king of the Franks Alfred the Great Wikipedia Alfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to c 886 and King of the AngloSaxons from c 886 to 899 He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex His father died when he was young and three of Alfreds brothers Æthelbald Æthelberht and Æthelred reigned in turn After acceding to the throne Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings creating what was known as
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