About this title: This volume is framed by articles that throw interesting light on the achievement and reputation of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon kings - Alfred. It opens with a wide-ranging study of the literary and archaeological evidence for the novel design of Alfred's ships, design which in later times led to his being regarded as the father of the English navy. The book closes with a survey of the development of the Alfredian legend from the tenth to the twentieth century, with material drawn from a wide variety of different sources, including art and literature, much of which may be unfamiliar to ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: West Nyack, New York, U.S.A. : Cambridge Univ Pr/Journal Dept, 2000, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521652032ISBN:0521652030
Description: Very Good- No DJ. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No DJ. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-LIB from University, very faint smoke odor to book, faint soiling to outer page edges. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521652032ISBN:0521652030
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.33 by 1.5 inches. (438 pages) this volume is framed by articles that throw interesting light on the achievement and reputation of the greatest of anglo-saxon kings-alfred. this volume is framed by articles that throw interesting light on the achievement and reputation of the greatest of anglo-saxon kings-alfred. it opens with a wide-ranging study of the literary and archaeological evidence for the novel design of alfred's sh1ps, and closes with a survey of the development ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780521652032ISBN:0521652030
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ix, 428 pp., 24 ill., 2 fig. Front panel of cover has small crease in upper outer corner, lower outer corner has small tear. Dust jacket has several minor tears, discolouration on front, back and spine, and has some wear at base of spine. Eleven articles including: King Alfred's ships: text and context; What use are the Thorkelin transcripts of Beowulf? ; The iconography of the Utrecht Psalter and the Old English Descent into Hell; Anti-Judaism in ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521652032ISBN:0521652030
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr/Journal Dept, West Nyack, New York
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780521652032ISBN:0521652030
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0521652030. As new with clean text and tight binding; near fine DJ with just light soiling on the rear; two staples on the top edge of the FFE. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521652032ISBN:0521652030
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