The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great: With Preliminary Essays Illustrative of the History, Arts, and Manners, of the Ninth Century, Volume 1Printed and published for the Alfred Committee by J.F. Smith, 1852 |
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Page xiv
... Asser . W who became attached to the king not earlier than the year 884 , asserts expressly , that Alfred , with his assistance , only then began to translate from the Latin into his native tongue , and that the text of Boethius was ...
... Asser . W who became attached to the king not earlier than the year 884 , asserts expressly , that Alfred , with his assistance , only then began to translate from the Latin into his native tongue , and that the text of Boethius was ...
Page xviii
... ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED . The second historical record of this period is a work , professing to be a life of Alfred by Asser , one of his friends and bishops . Its authority , on the one hand , rests upon general tradition ; but , on the ...
... ASSER'S LIFE OF ALFRED . The second historical record of this period is a work , professing to be a life of Alfred by Asser , one of his friends and bishops . Its authority , on the one hand , rests upon general tradition ; but , on the ...
Page xviii
... Asser's Annals . 1. The first of these , WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY , was coeval with some of the six chroniclers before ... Asser's Annals , because supposed to have been compiled by the same Asser who wrote the Life of Alfred . This ...
... Asser's Annals . 1. The first of these , WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY , was coeval with some of the six chroniclers before ... Asser's Annals , because supposed to have been compiled by the same Asser who wrote the Life of Alfred . This ...
Page xviii
... Asser * Asser's Life of Alfred is super- scribed thus : To MY VENERABLE AND MOST PIOUS LORD , RULER OF ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN THE IS- LAND OF BRITAIN , TO ÆLFRED , KING OF THE ANGLO - SAXONS , AS- SER , THE LAST OF ALL THE SER- VANTS OF ...
... Asser * Asser's Life of Alfred is super- scribed thus : To MY VENERABLE AND MOST PIOUS LORD , RULER OF ALL THE CHRISTIANS IN THE IS- LAND OF BRITAIN , TO ÆLFRED , KING OF THE ANGLO - SAXONS , AS- SER , THE LAST OF ALL THE SER- VANTS OF ...
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... Asser the son of Eafa , who was the son of Eowwa , who was the son of Ingild , -Ingild , and Ine , the famous king of the West - Saxons , were two brothers . Ine went to Rome , and there ending_this_life honourably , entered the hea ...
... Asser the son of Eafa , who was the son of Eowwa , who was the son of Ingild , -Ingild , and Ine , the famous king of the West - Saxons , were two brothers . Ine went to Rome , and there ending_this_life honourably , entered the hea ...
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æfre Ælfred aforesaid army ancient Anglo-Saxon army of pagans Asser battle Berkshire bishop bith Boethius BRITISH MUSEUM brother century Charlemagne Charles Charles the Bald CHARTERS Christians Chronicle Asser church coins Danes Danish death dominions duke Ealle earl earth East-Anglia Elfred emperor empire England English eorthan Essays Ethelbald Ethelred Ethelstan Ethelwerd Ethelwulf father Florence Forthæm fortress fought France Franks Gaul gave gesceafta honour Huntingdon Hwæt Kent king Alfred King Alfred's king of Mercia king's kingdom land Lewis London Lord Lord's Lothaire mæg meaht monastery monks nation Neustria nobles Northmen Ofer Oxford pagans peace place called pope princes reign river river Thames Roman Rome royal Saxon Chronicle ships Simeon siththan slain St Neot sword thæm thæs Thæt Thames Theah things thone Thonne thou tion victory Wessex West-Saxons wintered Wuhte