The Story of King AlfredD. Appleton, 1903 - 199 pages |
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Walter Besant. CONTENTS . PAGE 9 14 GENEALOGY OF ALFRED AND 19 I. ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY . II . CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION 22 48 72 113 127 140 146 163 181 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE Statue of King Alfred at. INTRODUCTION : 1. THE ...
Walter Besant. CONTENTS . PAGE 9 14 GENEALOGY OF ALFRED AND 19 I. ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY . II . CHILDHOOD AND EDUCATION 22 48 72 113 127 140 146 163 181 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE Statue of King Alfred at. INTRODUCTION : 1. THE ...
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... ninth century , with no new facts in the actual life of the king . Alfred was considered from various points -those of Religion , Law , War , Education , and Literature . The Essays formed between them the best Life of Alfred yet ...
... ninth century , with no new facts in the actual life of the king . Alfred was considered from various points -those of Religion , Law , War , Education , and Literature . The Essays formed between them the best Life of Alfred yet ...
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... lying round the venerable churches which sanctify the country ; seeing every part of this lovely country like a garden , enclosed by hedges , planted with 22 THE STORY OF KING ALFRED . CHAPTER ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY.
... lying round the venerable churches which sanctify the country ; seeing every part of this lovely country like a garden , enclosed by hedges , planted with 22 THE STORY OF KING ALFRED . CHAPTER ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY.
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... ninth cen- tury ( with which we are here concerned ) and that of the seventeenth , there was very little change , except that in the former period the forests cov- ered a larger area , the marshes were more danger- ous ... NINTH CENTURY . 23.
... ninth cen- tury ( with which we are here concerned ) and that of the seventeenth , there was very little change , except that in the former period the forests cov- ered a larger area , the marshes were more danger- ous ... NINTH CENTURY . 23.
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... survive to the present day , hard , compact , and serviceable , but in places they were broken through , perhaps intentionally to stop the ad- vance of an enemy , and they were nowhere re- ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY . 25.
... survive to the present day , hard , compact , and serviceable , but in places they were broken through , perhaps intentionally to stop the ad- vance of an enemy , and they were nowhere re- ENGLAND IN THE NINTH CENTURY . 25.
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Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle army arrived arts Asser Athelney Athelstan battle became believe Bishop Boethius Bowker's Alfred Britons brother called ceorl Cerdic Charles the Bald Christian Chronicle Church coast conquest court Danes Danish daughter death desire died Divine ealdorman Earl East Anglia Edward enemy England English Ethelbald Ethelgiva Ethelred Ethelwulf faith fighting fleet forests fought fyrd heathen holy honour Judith Kent King Alfred King Alfred's King of Mercia king's kingdom knew land Latin laws learning lived London ment Mercia mind monastery monks nation night ninth century noble Norsemen Northumbria Orosius Osburh pagans pilgrim Plegmund plunder Pope prayer queen reign religion river Roman Rome royal scholars seems ships slain story Thames thanes thee thegn things thou tion town victory walls Welsh Wessex West Saxons whole Winchester winter quarters wisdom words