Life & Times of Alfred the Great: Drawn Up from the Most Authent Ic Ancient Chroniclers, and Including Important Facts Now First PublishedBaxter, 1854 - 417 pages |
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The Life and Times of Alfred the Great: Drawn Up From the Most Authentic ... John Allen Giles No preview available - 2018 |
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abbat abbey Ælfred afterwards Alderman Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxon Annals Asser Athelney authority battle bishop body Britain Britons Brompton brother Burrhed called Chippenham Chron Church coast Croyland abbey Cuthbert Danes Danish death defeated dominions ealle earl East Anglia Edmund Egbert enemy England English Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwerd Ethelwolf Exeter father fleet Flor fortress Guthrum Halfdene Henry of Huntingdon Heptarchy Hinguar historian holy honours Hubba hundred Hunt Huntingdon Ingulf invaders invasion island Kent King Alfred king of Mercia king of Wessex king's kingdom land Lappenberg Latin learning Lodbroc Malmesbury Matthew of Westminster mind monastery monks narrative Neot nobles Northumberland Osburga Pagans peace plunder possession prince probably ravages reign Rome saint Saxon Chronicle says seems shew ships slain Spelman subjects Sussex throne tithes translation Turner victory Wessex West-Saxons whilst whole William of Malmesbury Winchester words writers