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1 online resource (xxv, 744 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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| Summary |
Warrior, law-giver, and scholar, Alfred the Great was an extraordinarily gifted and highly successful king, pushing back the Vikings to preserve what is now thought of as the heart of England. The author provides a detailed examination of the much-disputed medieval biography of King Alfred, attributed to the king's tutor, Asser. Professor Smyth argues that Asser's Life is a medieval forgery; a revelation with profound implications for our understanding of the whole of Anglo-Saxon history. The book 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. Professor Smyth shows the Chronicle to have been much more closely connected with the court of King Alfred than has hitherto been allowed, and suggests a new date for the completion of the earliest Alfredian section of the Chronicle |
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Monarchs |
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England |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 703-723) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899.
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Alfred, King of England, 849-899. |
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Anglo-Saxons -- Biography
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Anglo-Saxons.
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Kings and rulers.
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Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191678936 |
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0191678937 |
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