About this title: Very few King's earn the appellation "Great". Alfred is the only English King honoured with this name and is credited with various successes (the foundation of a navy, English education system and religious revival). His memory looms large in the English imagination. The medieval "Life" of King Alfred of Wessex purports to be written by Asser, a monk in the King's service. This account of one of England's best loved and most famous kings has been accepted as offering evidence on most aspects of life in early medieval England and beyond. It was used in Victorian times to create a "Cult" of ...
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Black Cloth
Publisher: Palgrave,, Basingstoke, hampshire
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780333699171ISBN:0333699173
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A translation and Commentary on the text attributed to Asser; this book provides a sophisticated introduction to and study of the entire field of Alfredian biography, ancient and modern. Clean, tight copy; xx pages + 280 pages + frontis. map. Cloth covers clean, titles bright. Has clean, decorative D/J, slight chip lower edge of D/J. Weighs approx. 710gms. read more
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