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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... given in this Harmony of the Chroniclers . 6 III . ETHELWERD , surnamed the Patrician , ' has left a chronicle of England down to the reign of king Edgar , written in the most barbarous and inflated Latin style that can possibly be ...
... given in this Harmony of the Chroniclers . 6 III . ETHELWERD , surnamed the Patrician , ' has left a chronicle of England down to the reign of king Edgar , written in the most barbarous and inflated Latin style that can possibly be ...
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... given in a smaller type . Saxon Chronicle The Saxon Chronicle does not no- tice the birth of Alfred , or any other event occurring in 849 and 850. The genealogy , which here follows , is given in connection with the death of Ethelwolf ...
... given in a smaller type . Saxon Chronicle The Saxon Chronicle does not no- tice the birth of Alfred , or any other event occurring in 849 and 850. The genealogy , which here follows , is given in connection with the death of Ethelwolf ...
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... given , not in the original Latin , but in an English literal translation . But the spelling of proper names , both in the Saxon column , which gives a vernacular idiom , and in the other chroniclers , who wrote in Latin , has been ...
... given , not in the original Latin , but in an English literal translation . But the spelling of proper names , both in the Saxon column , which gives a vernacular idiom , and in the other chroniclers , who wrote in Latin , has been ...
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... given to the father , and the western to the son ; contrariwise : for where the father ought by just right to reign , there his unjust and obstinate son did reign ; for the western part of Saxony is always preferable to the eastern ...
... given to the father , and the western to the son ; contrariwise : for where the father ought by just right to reign , there his unjust and obstinate son did reign ; for the western part of Saxony is always preferable to the eastern ...
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... given to the father , and the western to the son ; for where the father ought by just right to reign , there his unjust and obstinate son did reign ; for the western part he received frequent and severe of Saxony is always preferable to ...
... given to the father , and the western to the son ; for where the father ought by just right to reign , there his unjust and obstinate son did reign ; for the western part he received frequent and severe of Saxony is always preferable to ...
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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